Egyptian Pound banknote, King Farouk I |
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Obverse: Portrait of His Majesty King Farouk I, by the grace of God, King of Egypt and of Sudan, Sovereign of Nubia, of Kordofan and of Darfur. King Farouk I was the last ruling King of Egypt, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936.
Reverse: Philae Temple of Isis, on Agilkia Island in Lake Nasser. The Kiosk of Trajan is in the foreground, while the Temple of Isis is at the right rear.
Trajan's Kiosk, a hypaethral temple, is one of the largest Ancient Egyptian monuments standing today at the island of Agilkia, which was constructed by the Roman Emperor, Trajan. It was originally built at the island of Philae (near the lower Aswan Dam) but transported to Agilika in the 1960s by UNESCO to save it from being enveloped by the rising waters of the Nile due to the construction of the Aswan High Dam.