Item number: A2843

Year: AD 1835

Material: Copper

Size: 38.7 x 38.7 x 1.3 mm

Weight: 15.65 g

Manufactured by: Constantinople

Provenance: Fuchin Coin 2020

This is a 5 Qirsh copper coin issued in AD 1835 under the rule of Sultan Mahmud II of the Ottoman Empire.

The obverse of the coin is decorated along the border with a garland of roses. At the centre appears the personal tughra (calligraphic monogram) of the sultan, flanked on both sides by tied floral branches. The tughra bears the inscription: “Mahmud Khan, son of Abdulhamid, ever victorious.”

The reverse of the coin is similarly adorned with a garland of roses around the edge, with tied floral branches serving as decoration at the centre. At the very centre, the coin bears the Ottoman Turkish inscription “Ḍuriba fī Qusṭanṭīniyah” (struck in Constantinople). Along the lower margin appears the date “١٢٢٣” (AH 1223), corresponding to the year of the sultan’s accession to the throne, which equates to AD 1808. The numeral “۲۶” (26) at the upper margin denotes the 26th regnal year, corresponding to AD 1835.

Mahmud II was the 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. During his reign, the growing threat from Russia to the north prompted him to initiate legal and military reforms aimed at modernising the empire. Nevertheless, in AD 1827, the Ottoman navy suffered a decisive defeat at the hands of the joint British, French, and Russian fleets in the Battle of Navarino, ultimately forcing the empire to recognise the independence of Greece.

物件編號: A2843

年代: 公元 1835 年

材質: 紅銅

尺寸: 38.7 x 38.7 x 1.3 mm

重量: 15.65 g

製造地: 君士坦丁堡

來源: 福君錢幣 2020

這是一枚公元1835年，蘇丹馬哈茂德二世統治下的鄂圖曼土耳其帝國發行之面額5庫魯什銅幣。

錢幣正面的周圍以玫瑰花環裝飾，中間是左右兩側以打結的植物枝條作裝飾，專屬於蘇丹本人的花押簽名，意思是「馬哈茂德汗 阿卜杜勒哈米德之子 永享勝利」。

錢幣背面的周圍亦有玫瑰花環，中間也以打結的植物枝條作裝飾。正中央以鄂圖曼文標示鑄造地點「ضرب في قسطنطنية」(鑄造於君士坦丁堡)，下緣的「١٢٢٣」(1223) 即蘇丹登基那一年的回曆年份，相當於公元1808年。上緣的數字「۲۶」(26) 則是對應到登基第26年，相當於公元1835年。

馬哈茂德二世為鄂圖曼土耳其帝國的第三十任蘇丹，在位期間面臨北鄰俄羅斯的威脅，促使其推動法律和軍事上的改革。不過在公元1827年，鄂圖曼帝國的海軍仍在納瓦里諾海戰敗於英法俄聯軍之手，最終迫使承認希臘的獨立。