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Sultani - Mahmud II type C var

Features

Issuer Regency of Tripoli (Libya)
Sultan Mahmud II (1808-1839)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1223 (1808)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value Sultani (8)
Currency Kuruş (1688-1844)
Composition Gold
Weight 3.40 g
Diameter 26 mm
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
115993
References KM# 228
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

Obverse

Sultan name above mint and date

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
السلطان
محمود خان
عز نصره ضرب
في
طرابلس غرب
١٢٢٣

Translation:
Sultan Mahmud Khan
May he be victorious
Struck in Tripoli West
1223

Reverse

Sultan title and regnal year (or ornament)

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
سلطان البرين
وخاقان البحرين
١٥
السلطان ابن
السلطان

Translation:
Sultan of the 2 lands and 2 seas
The Sultan, son of the Sultan
15

Comments

Weight varies: 3.20-3.40 g
Diameter varies: 24-26 mm
Note: Assumed face value of 8 for the gold Sultani.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1223 (1808)  ١٢٢٣ (ornament instead of regnal year)
1223 (1808) 15 ١٥//١٢٢٣ [Unlisted in Krause]
1223 (1808) 19 ١٩//١٢٢٣
1223 (1808) 6 ٦//١٢٢٣

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