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20 Para - Mahmud II type B, with sprig
| Issuer | Tripoli, Regency of |
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| Year | 1808 |
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| Value | 20 Para (0.5) |
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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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| Reverse lettering | سلطان البرين وخاقان البحرين ١٥ السلطان ابن السلطان (Translation: Sultan of the 2 lands and 2 seas The Sultan, son of the Sultan 15) |
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| Mintage | 1223 (1808) 15 - ١٥//١٢٢٣ |
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