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Details
LOT 3506
Ottoman Empire. Abdul Mejid I CU 40 Para. Dually dated RY 18 and AH 1255 (AD 1857). Qustantiniyah (Constantinople) mint. Countermarked for the church of 'Birth of Christ Saviour' in Thasos.
Toughra; ١٨ سنة (RY) below / عز نصره ضرب في قسطنطينية around denomination; AH accession date below; c/m: ΣΓΧ 1883 [ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΓΕΝΝΗΣΙΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ 1883 (=Birth of Christ Saviour 1883)] in angles of cross. KM 670 (Turkey); Wilski G18-08. Very Fine.(21.29gr, 37mm.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Footnotes
Ottoman copper coins were countermarked for use in Greek communities under Turkish control, who continually suffered a shortage of coinage.
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