8 kharub from Tunisia of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul-Aziz under the Bey Mohammed al-Sadiq, 1281 [= 1864]
Also known as: 8 kharub uit Tunesië van de Ottomaanse sultan Abdul-Aziz onder de bey Mohammed al-Sadiq, 1281 [=1864]
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1864
Copper coin. Obverse: between two tied branches within a circle, three-line inscription in Arabic letters. Reverse: between two tied branches within a circle, three-line inscription in Arabic letters with on the bottom line the indication: Tunisiya. Below that, year: 1281 [= 1864]. Plain edge. Struck at the Heaton Mint in Birmingham. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5079A; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.4 cm x weight 29.87 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 3.4 cm x weight 29.87 g · diameter 3,4 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 29,87 g
- Measurements
- diameter 3.4 cm x weight 29.87 g
Design
- Obverse
- between two tied branches within a circle, three-line inscription in Arabic letters.
- Reverse
- between two tied branches within a circle, three-line inscription in Arabic letters with on the bottom line the indication: Tunisiya. Below that, year: 1281 [= 1864]. Plain edge. Struck at the Heaton Mint in Birmingham.
Identification
- Original title
- 8 kharub uit Tunesië van de Ottomaanse sultan Abdul-Aziz onder de bey Mohammed al-Sadiq, 1281 [=1864]
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-5079A
- Museum classification
- coin
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