|
Date: |
|
Description: | A pierced silver-alloy coin struck under the Turkish Ottoman ruler Mahmud II (1808-1839).Dimensions: 16mm diameter, 0.2mm thick. Weight: 0.45g.Paul Cannon (pers. comm.) comments: 'I can add some further information about this coin. As stated the year on the coin is AH 1223 (equivalent to AD 1808) but this is the accession year of Mahmud II. The regnal year is also recorded on the coin as '28'. It was therefore struck in AH 1251 ( AD 1836). The mint is recorded as Constantinople (Istanbul). From the size and weight it is a 10 para coin. The level of silver in the silver coinage of Mahmud II dropped significantly throughout his reign and this probably accounts for its poor state. See http://www.osmanliparalari.com/IIMahmud-1808---h1223,LA_278-2.html#labels=1430-2 for the 10 para coins of his reign.'
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
COIN
19th century Ottoman empire coin.…
-
COIN
A copper alloy Ottoman coin…
-
Coin
A silver halfcrown of Charles…
-
COIN
A silver halfcrown of Charles…
-
COIN
Paul Cannon kindly comments:A silver…
-
COIN
SilverCoin. Milled Ten Egyptian Qirsh,…
-
COIN
A silver coin of the…
-
COIN
A silver coin of the…
-
COIN
A silver halfcrown of Charles…
-
COIN
A milled Indian coin (eighth…
|