OTTOMAN, ‘ABD AL-MAJID (1255-1277h) Bronze medal, by Robertson, for the Restoration of Hagia Sophia (Tamirat-I Aya Sofya), 1265h (AD 1849) Obverse: Toughra within wreath Reverse: View of Hagia Sophia with fossati res – robertson sc. on exergual line; Turkish legend and date below. Weight: References: cf Pere 1092 (in gold); Erureten p. 186 Patchy toning, some scratches and small patch of verdigris by fossati, very fine and rare. Gaspare and Giuseppe Fossati, who are named on the exergual line on the reverse of this medallion, were the architects responsible for the two-year restoration of Hagia Sophia.

Estimate: GBP 400 - 600