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Kurus - Mustafa III without rosette
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1762-1773 |
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| Currency | Kuruş (1688-1844) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a multi-line Arabic inscription in the central field recording the regnal year (or its last two digits in the case of KM#321.2), the mint name Islambol (Istanbul), and the accession year of Sultan Mustafa III (AH 1171). The legend is arranged in horizontal registers within a beaded border, following the standard Ottoman administrative format for coinage of this period. The mint epithet 'Bi Duriba Fi Islambol' ('Struck in Islambol') is clearly incorporated into the inscriptional field. |
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| Reverse lettering | ٨٦ ب ضر في اسلامبول ١١٧١ (Translation: 86 Bi Duriba Fi Islambol 1171 : `[11]86 [AH] Struck in Islambol. [Accession in] 1171 [AH].`) |
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