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Besparalik - Mahmud II Kostantiniyye mint
| Issuer | Ottoman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 1809 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by the elaborate tughra of Sultan Mahmud II, rendered in the characteristic Ottoman calligraphic style with sweeping looped strokes ascending to the upper right and horizontal baselines extending to the left. The tughra is surrounded by a beaded inner border enclosing the field, with the mint name and regnal year inscribed in Arabic script below the tughra. The legend reads 'Zarb fi Kostantiniyye 1223', denoting the Constantinople mint and the Hijri year 1223. The overall design is hammered and slightly irregular in shape, consistent with early 19th-century Ottoman minting practice. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely covered by a four-line Arabic inscription arranged in horizontal registers within a beaded border, consistent with the honorific titulature of the Ottoman sultan. The legend reads 'Sultan al-Barrayn wa Khaqan al-Bahrayn al-Sultan ibn al-Sultan', meaning 'Sultan of the Two Lands and Khagan of the Two Seas, the Sultan son of the Sultan', a standard epithet used for Mahmud II. Each line of text is clearly delineated, with the calligraphy executed in a bold thuluth-influenced style typical of hammered Ottoman billon coinage. The field shows the characteristic uneven strike surface associated with the Kostantiniyye mint output of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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