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| 裏面の説明 | Central field contains a multi-line Arabic inscription naming the Bey Muhammad al-Sadiq, the mint city of Tunis, the denomination 4, and the Hijri dates arranged in two lines at the base, all enclosed within an olive wreath tied at the bottom. A small circular star countermark is applied to the central field, partially overlapping the legend. The toothed milled border frames the entire design. |
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| 裏面の銘文 | محمد الصادق بتونس ٤ ١٢٩١ (Translation: Muhammad Al-Sadiq In Tunis 4 1291) |
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This piece is a Spanish colonial 4 reales host coin — almost certainly from the Carolus series struck at various American mints — that received an official Ottoman countermark authorizing its continued circulation in Tunisia under the joint authority of Sultan Abdülhamid II and the Husainid Bey Muhammad III as-Sadiq. The countermarking practice allowed the Regency of Tunis to validate foreign silver already in circulation rather than remint it, a practical acknowledgment of just how much Spanish-American coinage had penetrated Mediterranean trade networks.
Muhammad III as-Sadiq had signed the humiliating Convention of La Marsa's predecessor agreements with France by this point, and Tunisian fiscal autonomy was already eroding fast. France would establish its protectorate just three years later, in 1881.