Piastre or kurush from Tunisia of the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II, 1246 [= 1831]
Also known as: Piastre of kurush uit Tunesië van de Ottomaanse sultan Mahmud II, 1246 [=1831]
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1831
Billon coin. Obverse: four-line inscription in Arabic letters, on the third line the name of the sultan: Mahmud. Reverse: within a polylobe, three-line inscription in Arabic letters with mint indication: Tunis.
At the bottom, year: 1246 [= 1831]. Rough edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5075; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.2 cm x weight 10.13 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 3,2 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 10,13 g · diameter 3.2 cm x weight 10.13 g
- Measurements
- diameter 3.2 cm x weight 10.13 g
Design
- Obverse
- four-line inscription in Arabic letters, on the third line the name of the sultan: Mahmud.
- Reverse
- within a polylobe, three-line inscription in Arabic letters with mint indication: Tunis. At the bottom, year: 1246 [= 1831]. Rough edge.
Identification
- Original title
- Piastre of kurush uit Tunesië van de Ottomaanse sultan Mahmud II, 1246 [=1831]
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-5075
- Museum classification
- coin
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