- Co 917 (Late Ottoman para of Mahmud II from Egypt) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 1812
- Not before (date)
- 1812
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- AgoraIX, pp. 50-51, no. 287 (G. C. Miles)
- Comparanda
- Pere1968, p. 254, nos. 860-861
- Comparanda
- UsluBeyazitKara2010, p. 308, no. OC 30-101-00
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VG. Dense scratching from vigorous mechanical cleaning. Slight loss in weight from extensive abrasion on faces and edge
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 81, no. 1287 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Illegible”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 9
- Has denomination
- Para
- Numismatic Authority
- Mahmud II (Ottoman sultan, 1808-1839)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 12.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Miṣr al-Fusţāţ
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 15.0
- Obverse Description
- Tughra of sultan within banded and dotted borders
- Reverse Description
- Inscription in five lines within banded and dotted borders
- Reverse Inscription
- “5 zuriba fi Misr [1]223” = “(made in) Egypt (in the) 5th year (of his reign beginning in AH) 1223”
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Ottoman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Billon (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 917 (Late Ottoman para of Mahmud II 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/co0917>
