1/2 Zeri Mahbub - Selim III French Occupation

€253,825.00
IssuerEgypt
Year1789
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value
CurrencyPiastre (1688-1834)
CompositionGold (.685)
Weight1.2960 g
Dimensions19 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
OrientationCoin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s)Denis Samuel Bernard
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#151, Fr#55, MHC#19
Obverse description
Obverse scriptArabic
Obverse lettering
(Translation: سـلظان البت بن (.. n.`a.ṭ.l.s ←, translated: Sultan of ...) وخاقان الجت بن (translated: ...) الـّسلطان ا بن (n.`a.ṭ.l.s l.`a ← translated: the Sultan of ...) ب (ba) الـّسلطان (n.`a.ṭ.l.s l.`a ← translated: The Sultan))
Reverse description
Reverse scriptArabic
Reverse lettering
(Translation: Tughra inside circle with Sultan Selim III (1203-1222/1789-1807) Selim Han bin Mustafa muzaffer daima (Selim Khan son of Mustafa (III) is forever victorious, 28th Ottoman Sultan) فــي ضن ب (bā.r.d ī.f ←, fi duriba, translated: struck at) مصر (r.ṣ.m ←, Misr, translated: Egypt) ١٢٠٣ (year AH1203/1789))
Edge
Mintمصر
Mısır, Egypt
Mintage1203 (1789)  - (1800) AH1203/ب -
1203 (1789)  - (1800) AH1203/ن -
1203 (1789)  - 1203/13 (1801) -
1203 (1789)  - 1203/14 (1802) -
1203 (1789)  - 1203/15 (1803) -
Catalog ID8391074550
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