Turkey AH 1187(10) 2 zolota
This specimen was lot 22470 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $70. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY. 2 Zolota, AH 1187 Year 10 (1784). PCGS MS-63. Abdul Hamid I (1774-89)." This specimen is from a series struck in Istanbul during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid I (r. 1774-1789). Ottoman coins were dated using regnal years; the reverse bears the date AH 1187 (= 1774 A.D.) while the reverse bears the regnal year 10. The Hejira calendar uses a lunar year instead of a solar year, so its starting date moves from year to year. This type was issued AH 1196-1209. These coins are not common and this specimen did not realize its proper value.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon.
Catalog reference: Dav-1814, KM-402.
- 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 1687-1839 (AH 1099-1255), Istanbul: Anka Matbaacilik, 2010.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed. London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.
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