SINCONA Auction 31

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Tunisian Coins and Medals
The Miller Collection

The Miller Collection OTTOMAN TUNIS

Bid


Starting price 100 CHF
Result 160 CHF

This lot is not available for purchase anymore.

Description

Lot of 2 apparently unpublished gold coins:
a. ¼ sultani 1128ah (1715ce) -unc (w/plugged hole, scratches, 70% gold content),
b. ¼ sultani 1188ah (1775ce) -xf (holed, 81% gold content), 0.86g 1.64 g.

Details

It would also seem feasible that these coins the second one dates from the reign of Abdul Hamid I could well have been minted as contemporary forgeries which were eventually holed in order to take them out of circulation. Both of them reveal a rather strange combination having been minted with the weight of a quarter sultani but in the module of a half. Nevertheless, both were produced in yellow gold and in a more authentic style, especially when compared to the coins in Lot # 35.