2 Milliemes - Idris I

Descrizione del dritto	Right-facing effigy of King Idris I, depicted wearing a traditional Libyan kufiya headdress with trailing cloth, his draped bust truncated at the lower field. The portrait, modelled in high relief by engraver Paul Vincze, conveys a dignified and naturalistic likeness. Arabic legends flank the effigy on both sides of the field, with the engraver's initials P.V. incuse at the lower truncation. The design is enclosed by a finely beaded border.
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Legenda del dritto	إدريس الأول‎ ملك ليبيا P.V. (Translation: Idris the First, King of Libya P.V.)
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Informazioni aggiuntive	Libya's first independent coinage, issued in 1952, came just months after the country achieved independence in December 1951 — the first nation to gain independence through a United Nations resolution. Idris I, formerly the Emir of Cyrenaica, became king of a federal state that had been administratively divided between a British-supervised north and a French-supervised Fezzan only recently unified on paper. The bronze millieme series was produced at the Royal Mint in London under contract.