Tripoli AH 1187(7) zeri mahbub
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This specimen was lot 358 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "TRIPOLI: Abdul Hamid I, 1774-1789, AR zeri mahbub, Tarabulus (Trablus), AH1187 year 7, pierced, VF-EF, RRR." In the eighteenth century, Tripoli was one of the Barbary States preying on commerce plying the Mediterranean. This type was struck AH 1187 and AH 1191 along with a half zeri mahbub (KM 52). The only source of gold available to the Tripolitans would have been the loot of piracy. The regnal date ("٧") can be seen on the reverse.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.50-2.55 g, gold, this specimen 2.56 g.
Catalog reference: KM-56, UBK-39.00.
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- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay. Ottoman Empire Coins, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.
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