Catalog
30 Para - Abdulhamid I
| Issuer | Tripoli, Regency of |
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| Year | 1773 |
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| Weight | 15.75 g |
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| Obverse description | The field is entirely occupied by a multi-line Ottoman tughra-style Arabic legend in bold relief, arranged in three horizontal registers separated by a ruled line. The upper register contains the sultan's name and patronymic, the middle register bears the perpetuity formula, and the lower register records the mint name (Tripoli West) and the Hijri date 1187. The whole is enclosed within a beaded border running along the coin's rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | السلطان عبد الحميد ابن احمد خان دام ملكه ضرب في طرابلس غرب ١١٨٧ (Translation: Sultan Abdulhamid bin Ahmed Khan May his reign last Struck in Tripoli West 1187) |
| Reverse description | The reverse field is filled with a three-line Arabic legend in bold, deeply struck characters arranged in horizontal registers. The upper portion carries the imperial title proclaiming sovereignty over the two lands and two seas, while the lower registers bear the dynastic formula identifying the sultan as son of the sultan, together with the regnal year numeral 1. The design is contained within a beaded border consistent with the obverse. |
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