40 Para - Mahmud II - Type B, local imitation (1808)

Features

Denomination 40 Para
Weight (g) 12.38
Shape: Round
Composition: Silver
Not Magnetic
Orientation Medal orientation ↑↑
Calendar Hijri (Islamic)

Obverse

Lettering:
محمود
خان
ضرب في
طرابلس
غرب
١٢٢٣


Description:
Tughra in Mahmud II name with ornament at right, Ottoman Turkish legend "Struck in Tripoli West" and the accession year in Hejira (AH1223) below, two arrows above struck word.

Reverse

Lettering:
سلطان البرين
وخاقان البحرين
السلطان ابن
السلطان


Description:
4-line Arabic legend: Sultan of the land and emperor of the seas, the sultan son of the sultan, without the year of the Sultan's reign.

Edge

Description:
Milled
Year Mintage Comment Rarity
1223 (1808) Trapoli West Mint, ١٢٢٣ ( local imitation during the troublesome days after the death of Selim II) Unknown

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