- Co 639 (Late Ottoman para of Abdul Hamid I from Egypt) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 1779
- Not before (date)
- 1779
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Cited by
- Walker1980, p. 218 (rev. KenchreaiIII)
- Comparanda
- AgoraIX, p. 44, no. 258 (G. C. Miles)
- Comparanda
- Pere1968, p. 225, no. 683
- Comparanda
- UsluBeyazitKara2010, p. 195, no. OC 27-037-02
- Description
- Both faces off-center right on flan; undersized flan for type?
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G+. Slight loss in weight from extensive abrasion on faces and edge.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 80, no. 1246 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Frankish (billon)“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 9
- Has denomination
- Para
- Numismatic Authority
- Abdul Hamid I (Ottoman sultan, 1774-1789)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 16.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Miṣr al-Fusţāţ
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.2
- Obverse Description
- Tughra of sultan within banded and dotted borders
- Reverse Description
- Inscription in five lines within banded and dotted borders (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- 6 zuriba fi Misr […] (“(made in) Egypt (in the) 6th year (of his reign beginning in AH) [1187]”)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Ottoman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Billon (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 639 (Late Ottoman para of Abdul Hamid I from Egypt).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0639>
