Whitman Expo
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Details
Obverse: Greek and Turkish text; border from (top) Byzantine slab found at Ayios Philon, Rizokarpasso, (sides) manuscript illumination in the Sultan Mahmout Library, and (bottom) floral motif from the interior decoration of a tomb at Tamassos near Politico; stone carving from Byzantine marble found at Ayios Philon, Rizokarpasso; anthemlums from an archaic Cypriot capital; coat of arms with dove carrying olive branch; map of Cyprus
Reverse: English text; Bekir Pasha aqueduct near Larnaca; shield; colonnades of the Polaestra of the Gymnasium, Salamis
Basic Information
GSID:
97487
Denomination:
1 pound
Varieties and Classification
Variety:
Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front/back; horizontal red SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE ovpt upper left front/back; black # ovpt upper left back; no date; no sig
