A traditional Middle Eastern folk pendant made of 8...
A traditional Middle Eastern folk pendant made of 8 Ottoman-type coins joined by hand-wrapped wire links with a top bail. Two larger central coins carry the Sultan's tughra on one side. The other side reads "Struck in Constantinople" (Duriba fi Qustantiniyya) with the accession date AH 1223 (Sultan Mahmud II). Six smaller coins hang below. Pieces like this were worn by women in the Levant and among Bedouin communities as both adornment and dowry wealth. The coins appear to be jewelry-grade examples, made or used for ornamental purposes. Total length approx. as pictured.
Condition: Pierced for mounting, as made. Even wear and natural dark patina. Wire links intact.
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A traditional Middle Eastern folk pendant made of 8 Ottoman-type coins joined by hand-wrapped wire links with a top bail. Two larger central coins carry the Sultan's tughra on one side. The other side reads "Struck in Constantinople" (Duriba fi Qustantiniyya) with the accession date AH 1223 (Sultan Mahmud II). Six smaller coins hang below. Pieces like this were worn by women in the Levant and among Bedouin communities as both adornment and dowry wealth. The coins appear to be jewelry-grade examples, made or used for ornamental purposes. Total length approx. as pictured.
Condition: Pierced for mounting, as made. Even wear and natural dark patina. Wire links intact.
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