Catalog
1 Para - Mahmud II
| Issuer | Tripoli, Regency of |
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| Year | 1808 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse lettering | ضرب (Translation: Struck) |
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| Edge | Irregular hammered |
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Tripoli's copper coinage under Mahmud II was issued by the Karamanli dynasty, which had governed the regency in semi-autonomy from Istanbul since 1711 — one of the few Ottoman provincial dynasties to have extracted near-independent status through a combination of piracy revenue and shrewd diplomatic maneuvering. By 1808, the dynasty was well past its peak; internal succession disputes and declining corsair income had eroded Karamanli authority considerably. KM#93 is among the more obscure Ottoman provincial copper types, produced for local circulation rather than any broader imperial monetary system.