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1/4 Kharub - Abdulaziz and Muhammad III
| Issuer | Tunisia |
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| Year | 1865 |
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| Diameter | 14.08 mm |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field carries a multi-line Arabic inscription denoting the denomination and reign, reading 'One Quarter (Kharub) Reign of Mohammed Al-Sadiq in Tunisia 1281', enclosed within an inner circle. The inscription is surrounded by two olive or laurel branches forming a wreath tied at the base, mirroring the obverse design. The Hijri date 1281 (corresponding to 1865 CE) appears at the foot of the central legend. The plain, text-based layout is consistent with mid-19th century Ottoman provincial coinage of Tunisia. |
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Tunisia in 1865 was nominally Ottoman but functionally autonomous under the Husainid beys, and this coin reflects that dual authority — struck under Bey Muhammad III al-Sadiq while acknowledging the Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz. The pairing was political theater as much as monetary policy; the bey controlled taxation and spending while the Porte received nominal deference. That same year, Tunisia was reeling from a devastating plague and famine that had killed tens of thousands, conditions which led directly to the fiscal collapse and ruinous foreign borrowing that would end in the 1869 bankruptcy.