Catalog
1 Para - Mehmed IV Copper
| Issuer | Tripoli, Regency of |
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| Year | 1666-1683 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing a multi-line Arabic inscription giving the mint name and regnal year, enclosed within a dotted circular border. The legend reads 'Struck in Tripoli West' followed by the abbreviated Hijri date. The numerals appear prominently at the base of the inscription, identifying the year of issue. The overall layout is characteristic of Ottoman provincial hammered copper coinage, with bold, uneven lettering on an irregular flan. |
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| Mint | Tripoli (Tarabulus al-Gharb) |
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The Regency of Tripoli operated under nominal Ottoman suzerainty throughout Mehmed IV's reign, but the local Karamanli-era predecessors and Ottoman-appointed pashas exercised substantial autonomous monetary authority in practice. Copper fractional issues like this one circulated alongside debased silver mahmudis in the coastal bazaars, filling a gap that Ottoman central mints in Constantinople had little interest in supplying to a peripheral North African dependency.