Female personification of Mauritius seated left holding out arms in farewell towards a leaving ship.
Reverse lettering
A SIR. JOHN POPE HENNESSY. K. C. M. G.
GOUVERNEVR DE L`ILE MAVRICE/ ET DE SES DEPANDANCES LES MAVRICIENS
RECONAISSANTS
XXII // DECEMBRE // MDCCC // LXXXVIII
O. ROTY
Reverse script
Engraver
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)