Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Piastre - Abdulhamid I
| Issuer | Tripoli, Regency of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1773 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Kuruş (1688-1844) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central field dominated by the elaborate tuğra (imperial monogram) of Sultan Abdulhamid I, rendered in the characteristic Ottoman calligraphic style with sweeping loops and vertical strokes. Arabic inscriptions appear in the field surrounding the tuğra, recording the sultan's name, the mint city of Tripoli West, and the AH regnal year 1187. A dotted border frames the entire design. The coin's irregular, slightly uneven flan is typical of hammered Ottoman coinage of the period. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Four horizontal lines of bold Arabic legends fill the central field, divided by ruled lines, a distinctive feature of Ottoman piastres struck at provincial mints. The inscription reads the sultan's full honorific titulature: Sultan of the Two Lands and Khagan of the Two Seas, the Sultan son of the Sultan. A dotted border encircles the design. The flat, wide flan and even distribution of the legend are characteristic of the large-module piastres issued for the Tripoli regency in the late 18th century. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | 1187 (1773) - ١١٨٧ |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |