Egypt 1994 5 pounds KM-794

Stack's Bowers May 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 74586

This specimen was lot 74586 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $216. The catalog description^[1] noted, "EGYPT. 5 Pounds, AH 1415/1994. Cairo Mint. PCGS PROOF-69 Deep Cameo. The Goddess Bastet." This NCLT is among dozens issued by the regime in 1993-94 to honor ancient Egyptian culture. Many of the designs were also used on gold fifty pounds. Wikipedia comments, "Bastet or Bast (Ancient Egyptian: bꜣstt)...is a goddess of ancient Egyptian religion, ...worshipped as early as the Second Dynasty (2890 BC). In ancient Greek religion, she was known as Ailuros (Koinē Greek: αἴλουρος, lit. 'cat')."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 22.5 g, 0.999 fine silver, 38 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-794.

Sources:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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