Turkey AH 1187(11) 2 zolota KM-403
This specimen was lot 1910 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Abdul Hamid I, 1774-1789, AR 2 zolota (60 para), Kostantiniye, AH1187 year 11, bold strike, lustrous AU, ex Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection." 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 11. This date also comes with ornament (KM 402). 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 but many do not realize their proper value.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 26-27.2 g, billon.
Catalog reference: Dav-1814, KM-402.
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- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.
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