Gold Coin Zeri Mahbub Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid I (1725 - 1789) Obv.: the name of the Sultan, his linage and accession date El Sultan / Abd el Hamid ebn Ahmed Khan / Ezett Nasruh Duriba Fee / Mesr Sanat / 1187 Rev.: Sultan el Barain / wa Khaqan el Bahrain / El Sultan Ebn / El Sultan: Sultan of the two lands (presumably Iraq and Turkey) and ruler of the two seas (presumably the black sea and the Mediterranean) sultan son of sultan. Mint in Egypt, 1198 AH Weight 2.6 grams Ø22 mm 1187 AH is Abdul Hamid's accession date to the throne; the number 8 on the reverse (above the Ebn) indicate the year it was struck: 1198 AH