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1/4 Rial - Mahmud I
| Issuer | Beylik of Tunis |
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| Year | 1735-1741 |
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| Currency | Rial (1567-1891) |
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| Reverse lettering | مصطفى خان عز نصره ضرب ١١۴٩ في تونس (Translation: Mustafa Khan May he be victorious Struck in Tunis 1149) |
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| Mint | Tunis Mint |
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Mahmud I's reign over Ottoman-administered Tunis was marked by persistent tension between the Porte's nominal suzerainty and the practical autonomy exercised by the Husainid beys. Billon coinage of this period reflects that ambiguity — struck locally under bey authority, yet issued in denominations calibrated to the Ottoman monetary framework. The alloy itself, heavily debased silver, was a fiscal necessity in a regency chronically short of specie.
KM#42 is among the scarcer Husainid types from this transitional decade.