ottoman empire - Coin Auctions
 Lot 474 - islamic ottoman empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22TURKEY: Mahmud II, 1808-1839, AR medal (7.53g), 1833//AH1249, NP-1085, 27mm, toughra in wreath / wreath star & crescent, without hole, struck to commemorate the Treaty of Hünkar Iskelesi between Turkey and Russia, choice EF, RR. This piece, which has not been pierced for loop (as they often are) for attachment of a ribbon, was issued in very limited quantities, perhaps only for presentation to the highest officials and international representatives. A similar specimen fetched £2500 (then about $4998) at the Spink Auction 7018, Lot 621. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic ottoman empire |
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 Lot 485 - islamic ottoman empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22TURKEY: Mehmet V, 1909-1918, AE medal, AH1330, Hilal-i Ahmer (Red Crescent) Medal, circular bronze medal with large decorative suspension bar with the toughra of Sultan Mehmet V below a white enamel bar inscribed in Arabic letters "Ottoman Red Crescent Association"; the face with a circular central white enamel medallion bearing a red enamel left-facing crescent, ornate scrolling to left and right, a laurel spray below and inscribed above in Arabic letters "Humane Assistance"; the reverse plain but for decorative scrolled tulips around the edge; on original parade-mounted ribbon with gilt-edged white enamel year bar, with pin for suspension with original ribbon, EF, RR. The medal was instituted in 1903 to reward outstanding meritorious service to the Ottoman Red Crescent Association. The Association was founded on 11 June 1868, at the same time as many Red Cross Societies. The medal was awarded from its inception in 1903 until the establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1923. The medal is hard to find, especially with its suspension and year bars. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic ottoman empire |
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 Lot 453 - islamic ottoman empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22TRIPOLI: Mahmud II, 1808-1839, BI 10 para (4.36g), AH1223 year 10, KM-134, Unc, ex Landon Thomas collection; ex Künker Auction 210, Lot 1861. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic ottoman empire |
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 Lot 469 - islamic ottoman empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22TURKEY: Abdul Hamid I, 1774-1789, AE mangir (2.30g), Van, AH1201, NP-689, Fine to VF, ex Landon Thomas collection; ex Künker Auction 210, part of Lot 1355. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic ottoman empire |
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 Lot 464 - islamic ottoman empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22TURKEY: Ahmed III, 1703-1730, AV ½ sultani (1.72g), Islambul, AH1115, KM-162, NP-500, initial #36, nice strike, VF to EF, R. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic ottoman empire |
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 Lot 480 - islamic ottoman empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22TURKEY: Abdul Hamid II, 1876-1909, AR medal, AH1308, NP-1115, 25mm, Medal of Merit (Liyakat Madalyasi), circular silver medal with loop for ribbon suspension and with ornate silver suspension bar; elaborate trophy of arms, the Sultan's radiant tughra above / inscribed in Arabic characters 'Medal of Merit especially for Those Who Have Shown Loyalty and Bravery' and dated in Arabic numerals AH1308 (= AD1890), pierced for ribbon attachment, with original ribbon, About Unc. The medal was instituted in 1890 and became the standard Ottoman military decoration. It could also be awarded to civilians for merit and from 1905 to women for charitable and meritorious acts. From 1915, military awards made during World War I had the ribbon bar seen here. The Medal is not often found. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic ottoman empire |
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 Lot 459 - islamic ottoman empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22TRIPOLI: Mahmud II, 1808-1839, BI 40 para (11.96g), Tarabulus Gharb, AH1223 year 22, KM-207, type A, crescent to right & regnal year 22 to left of toughra on obverse, seal of Solomon atop reverse, fabulous example, choice About Unc, RRR, ex our Auction 10, Lot 576. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic ottoman empire |
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 Lot 475 - islamic ottoman empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22TURKEY: Abdul Mejid, 1839-1861, AV memduhiye (1.60g), Kostantiniye, AH1255 year 2, KM-659, EF. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic ottoman empire |
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 Lot 486 - islamic ottoman empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22TURKEY: Mehmet VI, 1918-1924, AV 100 kurush, Kostantiniye, AH1336 year 2, KM-821, Unc. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic ottoman empire |
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 Lot 454 - islamic ottoman empire - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22TRIPOLI: Mahmud II, 1808-1839, BI 20 para (6.87g), Tarabulus Gharb, AH1223 year 7, KM-137, UBK-119.02, slight weakness in strike, otherwise very attractive, with much of the original silver-wash, EF, RRR, ex Ken Bovenkamp collection, ex our Auction 14, Lot 464. This piece has a star rather than a sprig at the upper left of the obverse, thus as KM-137 rather than KM-136, but KM-137 and its equivalent, UBK-119.02, are both listed only for year 8. The listing of year 7 for KM-136 is also correct, as is clear in the KM photo. This variety is probably unpublished, or at least never recorded in the principal catalogs. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic ottoman empire |
