Catalog
20 Para - Mahmud II type B, with sprig
| Issuer | Tripoli, Regency of |
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| Year | 1808 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by the elaborate tughra of Sultan Mahmud II, executed in the characteristic Ottoman calligraphic style with sweeping upward strokes and interlaced loops. The mint name and AH date 1223 appear below the tughra in Arabic script. A decorative sprig is positioned beside the tughra, serving as a distinguishing variety marker for this type B issue. The entire design is contained within a beaded border, the flan being irregular and slightly uneven as characteristic of hammered provincial coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | محمود ضرب في طرابلس غرب ١٢٢٣ (Translation: Mahmud Struck in Tripoli West 1223) |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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