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[[Image:Tunisia S31-0049.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 31, lot 49]]

This specimen was lot 49 in Sincona sale 31 (Zürich, October 2016), where it sold for 400 CHF (about US$475 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "OTTOMAN TUNIS | Selim III (1203-1222ah/1789-1807ce) riyal 1203ah (1789ce) Bi xf." This type was struck AH 1203 only in the name of Selim III in Constantinople. It is very rare in nice condition. Sixteen kharub made a piastre or riyal, the largest silver coin issued in Tunisia in the eighteenth century.

''Recorded mintage'': unknown. 

''Specifications'': billon, 14.9-16.0 g, this specimen 15.20 g. 

''Catalog reference'': Fen 166, KM 72.1.

''[[Bibliography|Sources]]'': 
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Jürg Richter and Ralph W. Miller, ''Tunisian Coins and Medals: The Miller Collection,'' Auction 31, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2016.

''Link to:''
* [[Tunisia AH 1194 8 kharub|AH 1194 8 kharub]]
* [[Tunisia AH 1197 piastre|AH 1197 piastre]]
* [[Tripoli AH 1203 100 para]]
* [[Tripoli AH 1203(2) piastre]]
* [[Tunisia AH 1215 4 kharub|AH 1215 4 kharub]]
* [[Tunisia AH 1228 piastre|AH 1228 billon piastre]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1789]]
* return to coins of [[Tunisia]]

[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 31, 32, 33, 34, 35]]