Commemorative medals/Personality or portrait
medal
Composition
Silver (.800) plated brass
Weight
120 g
Diameter
62 mm
Thickness
6 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Smooth
Period
Arab Republic of Egypt
(1971-date)
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Portrait of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III The 117th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark (1971 - 2012 AD) with the name in the Coptic language.
Obverse lettering
Obverse script
Reverse description
The Papal headquarter building On top, one of the most famous phrases of Pope Shenouda III `Egypt is a homeland which lives in us`.
Reverse lettering
مصر وطن يعيش فينا
المقر البابوي (Translation: Egypt is a homeland which lives in us The Papal headquarter)
Reverse script
Engraver
EMA Egyptian Mint Authority (مصلحة سك العملة المصرية), Cairo, Egypt (1954-date)