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France, Jacques J-M de Morgan, Director General of Egyptian Antiquities, 1905, uniface cast Æ portrait plaquette by S. E. Vernier, 91 x 62mm (Gaz. Num. 1901, p. 224, 197). Good very fine, rare (£40-60)

J. de Morgan (1857-1924) published a number of important numismatic books. A plaquette of larger format was exhibited at the Paris salon, 1898.