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1500 Francs CFA Temple of Artemis
| Issuer | Ivory Coast |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Weight | 155.5 g |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Côte d'Ivoire occupies the central field, depicting a shield bearing an elephant's head in profile, flanked by two palm trees, with a rising sun above the shield and a ribbon below inscribed REPUBLIQUE DE COTE D'IVOIRE. The denomination 1500 FRANCS CFA is rendered in bold relief along the lower margin. The legend REPUBLIQUE DE COTE D'IVOIRE arcs along the upper periphery in incuse Latin lettering against a highly polished proof field. |
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| Reverse description | A detailed architectural rendering of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus dominates the central field, depicted in three-quarter perspective and showing the temple's multi-columned facade with Ionic columns, stepped stylobate, and decorative frieze populated by small figural groups. The date 2010 appears in the lower exergual area beneath the temple. The surrounding legend, separated by four star ornaments, reads MERVEILLES DU MONDE DE L'ANTIQUITE along the upper arc and TEMPLE DE ARTEMISE along the lower arc, all in incuse Latin lettering on a polished proof border. |
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The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was destroyed and rebuilt multiple times — the version celebrated in antiquity as one of the Seven Wonders was the fourth iteration, funded in part by the Lydian king Croesus around 550 BC and later burned by Herostatus in 356 BC, reportedly on the night Alexander the Great was born. Ivory Coast's involvement is purely commercial: the country has issued dozens of large-format silver pieces under licensing arrangements with European minting houses, with the coins distributed almost exclusively to the collector market rather than domestic circulation.