<— Last coin ----------     What I Like About Ancient Coins     ---------- Next coin —>
Last coin thumbnail   Next coin thumbnail
A holed brass imitation coin of the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II Coin Type: Holed brass jewellery imitation coin of the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II, 1785-1839 CE.
Mint and Date: unofficial mint, putatively 1811 CE
Size and Weight: 37mm, 7.25g
Obverse: Stylized signature of Mahmud II with decorative floral border.
Signature reads "Mahmud Khan son of Abdülhamid is forever victorious".
Reverse: Script including mint name and "durabi fi s(anat) 26" (struck in regnal year 26), with decorative floral border.
Provenance: antiquarica (eBay), April 2008
Ref: —
BW Ref: 004 038 000
Click on the picture for a larger scale view of the coin
The content of this page was last updated on 21 June 2008