½ Crown - Elizabeth II Tutankhamun - Canopic Coffinette; Gold proof, United Kingdom

A miniature coffin, being one of four miniature coffins which contain the internal organs removed from Tutankhamuns body during mummification. The cartouches on either side of the coffin spell in hieroglyphics the young pharaohs nomen or birth name Tutankhamun, meaning Living image of Amun and his preanomen or throne name Nebkheperure, which translates as Lord of the Forms of Re

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Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II in a circle surrounded by hieroglyphics

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Ian Rank-Broadley

Alternately smooth and milled