THE EMIRATE OF RAS al-KHAIMAH
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
REIGN OF SHEIK SAQR bin MOHAMMAD al-QASSIMI (1948-2010)
COMMEMORATING THE CENTENNIAL ITALIAN UNIFICATION & VICTORY IN WWI
CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 66 ULTRA CAMEO
OBV: WITHIN INNER CIRCLE ARABIC OVER ENGLISH DENOMINATION; WITHIN BEADED BORDER OUTER LEGEND DIVIDED BY FIVE-POINTED STARS, ARABIC SCRIPT ABOVE AND ENGLISH BELOW.
REV: WITHIN BEADED BORDER A REPRESENTATION OF THE ANCIENT STATUE OF THE "NIKE" OR "THE WINGED VICTORY OF SAMOTHRACE" FLANKED BY A HERALDIC EAGLE DISPLAYED (LEFT) AND THE TOP OF AN ITALIAN LATE MEDIEVAL SPETUM OR PARTISAN POLE ARM WEAPON (RIGHT); UNDER NIKE IS THE ANTIQUED LATIN LEGEND "TRIDENIUM PERGESTUMQUE ITALIAE URBES" WITH THE STATUE OF THE CAPITOLINE WOLF OR "SHE-WOLF OF ROME" BENEATH AND WITH THE DATE "1918" TO THE LEFT; OUTER LEGEND AT LEFT "ROMA" WITH UNIFICATION ANIVERSARY DATES "1870-1970" ON THE RIGHT.
KM # 23
CONTAINS 20.7 GRAMS OF .900 FINE GOLD (.5989 OZ AGW)
31.5 MM IN DIAMETER
ONLY 2,000 MINTED!
