Co 639 (Late Ottoman para of Abdul Hamid I from Egypt) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

1781

Not before (date)

1781

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 (Old Cairo)

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.2

Obverse Description

Tughra of sultan within banded and dotted borders

Obverse Inscription

Abdülhamid Han bin Ahmed muẓaffer dāʾimā (traces) = “Abdul Hamid Khan son of Ahmed, forever victorious“

Obverse Inscription

عبد الحميد هان بن أحمد مظفر دائم

Reverse Description

Arabic inscription in five lines within banded and dotted borders (traces)

Reverse Inscription

9 zuriba fi Misr […] = “made in Egypt in the 9th year (of his reign beginning in AH) [1187]”

Reverse Inscription

[ ] ٩ ضن ب فــي مصر

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Ottoman (Historical Period)

Material

Billon (Material)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph