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Tyrants of the Tigris & euphrates
343
Ottoman Empire
Gold Zeri Mahbub, AH 1187//1
‘Abd al-Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan, AH 1187-1203/AD 1774-1789
Pere 661; KM 416. Mint State.
Islambul (Constantinople) mint, regnal year 1. Tughra, mint, accession date and
‘azza nasruhu
“may his
victory be glorified” below; Reverse,
sultan al-birrayn wa khaqan al-bahrayn al-sultan bin al-sultan
“sultan of the two lands and khaqan of the two seas, the sultan, son of the sultan”.
344
Ottoman Empire
Gold Altin (Funduq), AH 1203//3
Selim III, Ottoman Sultan, AH 1203-1222/AD 1789-1804
Pere 693; KM 526. Mint State.
Islambul (Constantinople) mint. Tughra within ornate border; Reverse, similar border containing mint
and regnal year, accession date in border below. The weight of this coin is that of the Venetian gold ducat
(sequin). The word
funduq
means “hazelnut”. The port of Venice was known as the source of hazelnuts
in the Mediterranean.