5 centimes from Tunisia as a French protectorate under the Bey Mohammed al-Hadi, 1904
Also known as: 5 centimes uit Tunesië als Frans protectoraat onder de bey Mohammed al-Hadi, 1904
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1904
Bronze coin. Obverse: within a ring of teardrop-shaped figures, a circle. Inside it, value indication in two lines, above which is the country indication and below which is the year: 1904.
Below the year, the letter A [= Paris]. Reverse: between two branches, four-line inscription in Arabic letters with the name of the bey, country indication: Tunisiya, and value indication. Below that, the year: 1322 [= 1904]. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5976; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.6 cm x weight 4.93 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
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 2,6 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 4,93 g · diameter 2.6 cm x weight 4.93 g
- Measurements
- diameter 2.6 cm x weight 4.93 g
Design
- Obverse
- within a ring of teardrop-shaped figures, a circle. Inside it, value indication in two lines, above which is the country indication and below which is the year: 1904. Below the year, the letter A [= Paris].
- Reverse
- between two branches, four-line inscription in Arabic letters with the name of the bey, country indication: Tunisiya, and value indication. Below that, the year: 1322 [= 1904]. Plain edge.
Identification
- Original title
- 5 centimes uit Tunesië als Frans protectoraat onder de bey Mohammed al-Hadi, 1904
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-5976
- Museum classification
- coin · vijf centimes
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