5 Para - Abdulhamid I

Abdulhamid I ascended the Ottoman throne in 1774 — the same year Russia extracted the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca from a weakened empire, stripping Ottoman control over Crimea and granting Russia unprecedented interference rights over Ottoman Orthodox subjects. Tripolitania's provincial mint continued striking in his name almost immediately after his accession, making this among the earliest issues of his reign. KM#54 is a recognized type for this regency, though surviving examples with full, legible tughras are considerably less common than catalog frequency suggests — the provincial dies were cut with variable skill and wore quickly.