2 Rial - Abdulmecid I

Struck under the Husainid bey Ahmad I Pasha, this coin was issued when Tunisia retained nominal Ottoman suzerainty while operating with substantial fiscal independence. Abdülmecid I's name appears as the reigning sultan, a constitutional formality the Husainids maintained carefully to preserve their political standing with the Porte — even as Tunis increasingly managed its own monetary affairs.

Ahmad I had just issued Tunisia's first written constitution, the Fundamental Pact of 1857's precursor, making 1847–48 a period of deliberate modernization. KM#106 is the sole two-rial type of his reign tied to this particular sultan's regnal citation.