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1000 Francs CFA Amenhotep IV
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a high-relief bust of Pharaoh Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) facing slightly to the right, wearing the traditional striped nemes headdress with a uraeus at the brow. The pharaoh holds the crook and flail crossed over his chest, the royal insignia of Egyptian sovereignty, and wears an elaborately decorated collar and broad pectoral ornament. A cartouche bearing Egyptian hieroglyphs appears to the right of the figure. The entire composition is framed by an ornate border of stylized palm fronds and lotus motifs, evoking the artistic conventions of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt. The antique finish accentuates the deeply sculpted relief and lends the design an authentically aged, archaeological character. |
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| Edge | Irregular. |
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The Bank of Central African States — the BEAC — issues currency for six member nations: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and the Republic of the Congo. None of them have any historical or geographic connection to ancient Egypt. This coin exists entirely as a numismatic export product, part of a broader industry in which BEAC and similar African monetary unions license their issuing authority to European distributors producing collectibles for foreign markets. Amenhotep IV — who abolished the existing Egyptian pantheon in favor of Aten worship and rechristened himself Akhenaten — is simply the design subject chosen by the distributor.