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1 Sultani - Mehmed IV

Issuer Tunisia
Year 1648-1680
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Currency Rial (1567-1891)
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Obverse script Arabic
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Reverse description Hammered gold flan with a multi-line Arabic legend arranged in horizontal registers within a beaded inner border, mirroring the obverse format. The inscription comprises the sultan's honorific title declaring him the 'striker of gold, possessor of glory and victory on land and sea,' a standard Ottoman sovereignty formula. The calligraphy is executed in a bold Thuluth hand, with the text filling the field in characteristic North African Ottoman hammered-coin style. The irregular flan edges, typical of hand-struck issues of this period, are visible around the periphery.
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