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