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Para - Ali Bey
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire (Egypt) |
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| Year | 1758 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by the elaborately calligraphed Ottoman imperial tughra, rendered in the characteristic interlaced cursive style with upward-projecting shafts (beyze) and looping lower elements (tuğ). The tughra occupies the majority of the flan and is struck in relatively high relief for a hammered billon piece. A dotted border runs along the upper periphery of the coin, framing the central device. The strike is typical of mid-18th century Egyptian mint production, with some flatness at the edges due to the hammered technique. |
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| Obverse lettering | طغراء السلطان مصطفى الثالث |
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Ali Bey al-Kabir held effective control of Egypt from the late 1750s onward, governing nominally under Ottoman suzerainty while systematically consolidating personal power. His eventual open break with the Porte in 1769 — when he expelled the Ottoman governor and declared Egyptian independence — makes coins struck in his name during the earlier compliant years a quiet record of the tension already present in Cairo's political arrangements.
Billon issues from Egyptian mints of this period are notoriously poorly preserved; the alloy's low silver content corrodes aggressively in the Nile delta climate.