40 Para - Mahmud II type B

Features

Issuer Eyalet of Tripolitania (Libya)
Sultan Mahmud II (1808-1839)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1223 (1827-1831)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value 40 Para (1)
Currency Tripolitania Eyalet - Kuruş (1688-1844)
Composition Billon
Weight 15 g
Diameter 34 mm
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
50315
References KM# 215
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Obverse

Tughra of Mahmud II and crescent top right. Mint and date below

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
محمود
ضرب في
طرابلس
غرب
١٢٢٣

Translation:
Mahmud
Struck in Tripoli West
1223

Reverse

Sultan title

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
سلطان البرين
وخاقان البحرين
٢٥
السلطان ابن
السلطان

Translation:
Sultan of the 2 lands and 2 seas
The Sultan, son of the Sultan

Comments

Year AH1223//22:

© Image courtesy of Stacks Bowers

Year AH1223//24 with two 8-spoke wheels in the reverse field:

© Image courtesy of Stephen Album Rare Coins

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1223 (1827) 21 ٢١//١٢٢٣
1223 (1828) 22 ٢٢//١٢٢٣
1223 (1830) 24 ٢٤//١٢٢٣
1223 (1831) 25 ٢٥//١٢٢٣

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