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Nomos 13

7 October 2016
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 125 CHF
Hammer Price:  240 CHF
Lot 367

ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Mahmud II, AH 1223-1255 / AD 1808-1839. Weight of 5 dirhems (Bronze, 17x16x7mm, 15.54 g), an octangular commercial-weight. Tuğra of Mahmud II, dated 1223. Rev. Plain. Kürkman cf. 221-225 (10 Dirhems) and p. 88, middle. Clear and with an olive-green/grey patina. Very fine.


From the Eparch Collection.

Mahmud II was one of the great sultans of Ottoman history, famous for his reforms, including his destruction of the Janissaries in 1826 and the epoch-making Tanzimat (=reorganization) of 1839, which was responsible for the modernization and secularization of the Empire.

Online bidding closes: 7 Oct 2016, 11:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 24 Apr 2024, 22:43:56 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:240 CHF

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