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4 Kharub - Abdulaziz and Muhammad III
| Issuer | Tunisia |
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| Year | 1865-1867 |
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| Value | 4 Kharub (1/4) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field contains a multi-line Arabic inscription identifying the Tunisian Bey Muhammad III al-Sadiq and the mint city of Tunis, along with the Hijri date. The Arabic numeral '٤' (4), denoting the denomination of 4 Kharub, appears prominently at the top of the field above the inner circle. The inscription is enclosed within a plain inner circle, surrounded by an olive and laurel wreath tied at the base with a ribbon bow, all within a raised outer rim. The design is entirely epigraphic, consistent with the Husainid coinage tradition of Tunisia. |
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This issue falls within the brief co-regency period during which the Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz and the Tunisian bey Muhammad III al-Sadiq appeared jointly on the coinage — a political formality required after the 1864 Tunisian revolt, which had forced the bey to formally reaffirm Ottoman suzerainty in exchange for military support to suppress the uprising. The arrangement was largely symbolic; Tunis had operated as a de facto autonomous state for generations, but the fiscal crisis triggered by the revolt, and the foreign debt it accelerated, made demonstrating Constantinople's nominal authority diplomatically necessary.
KM#158 is frequently found with weak peripheral detail on the reverse, a known consequence of inadequate die pressure at the Tunis mint during this period.