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10 Para - Osman III
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1755 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The reverse die (here used as obverse by convention) displays the elaborate calligraphic tughra of Sultan Osman III in the upper field, rendered in fine Ottoman script with sweeping sere and beyze elements characteristic of the period. Below the tughra, a horizontal dividing line separates two registers of Arabic legend. The lower register bears the mint name 'Kostantiniyye' (Constantinople) and the regnal year 1168 AH in stylised Arabic numerals. The entire design is framed by a dotted border encircling the coin's periphery. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The obverse die (here used as reverse by convention) presents four lines of bold Arabic calligraphic legend arranged in two horizontal registers divided by incised lines, filling the field almost entirely. The uppermost line reads 'Sultan' in large script, followed by lines proclaiming the royal titles and epithets of Sultan Osman III, son of Mustafa Khan, identifying him as perpetually victorious and triumphant. A dotted border encircles the periphery, consistent with standard Ottoman billon coinage of the mid-eighteenth century. The coin exhibits a small piercing near the top of the flan, indicative of secondary use as a pendant or ornament. |
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