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Lato anteriore: The fountain and the treasury (a sinistra) within the courtyard of the Great Mosque in Damascus
Retro: Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Hejaz
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Lato anteriore: King Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem, with the pillars of ‘Jachin’ and ‘Boaz’ depicted to either side
Retro: Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Hejaz
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Lato anteriore: Two winged bulls with human heads frame a scene of a river, which is probably the Tigris
The winged bulls are copied from decorations found at Sargon’s Palace at Khorsabad
(The carvings of the winged bulls, on which the drawings are based, are now in the Louvre, in Paris.)
In the top corners of the note are depictions of winged suns. During the Assyrian reign of Mesopotamia these devices symbolized the god Ashur
Retro: Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Hejaz