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5 Pounds Menkaure Triad
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a stylized spread-winged vulture (the Egyptian deity Nekhbet) with wings fully extended, facing forward, rendered in the ancient Egyptian artistic tradition. Above the vulture, a lotus flower ornament crowns the design. The legend 'جمهورية مصر العربية' (Arab Republic of Egypt) appears in Arabic script in two lines above the bird, flanked by the denomination '5' and 'LE' to the left and the Eastern Arabic numeral '٥' to the right. The dual dates '1414' and '1993' appear in both Western and Eastern Arabic numerals along the lower left and right margins respectively. The abbreviation 'A·R·E' is inscribed in the central field above the vulture's head, and the mint mark 'E / CC' appears in the exergue below the bird. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic, Latin |
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The Menkaure Triad refers to a group of schist sculptures excavated by George Reisner during Harvard University's dig at Giza between 1906 and 1910, now held primarily in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Egypt's commemorative silver program in the early 1990s drew heavily on Pharaonic antiquities as a matter of cultural policy, positioning ancient heritage as a diplomatic and numismatic export.
KM#746 is a relatively low-mintage issue with limited secondary market depth — collector demand has stayed modest outside Egypt and specialist ancient-civilization series.