409, Lot: 889. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Orhan I. AH 724-761 / AD 1324-1360. AR Akçe (16mm, 1.14 g, 10h). Bursa mint(?). Struck circa AH 739-760 / AD 1340-1359. Within polylobe, Kufic legend, with ornament above:
la ilah illa Allah |
Muhammad |
rasuluallah (There is no deity except God | Muhammad | is the messenger of God) / Within polylobe, Kufic legend, with ornament above:
al-sultan al-'adil |
Orhan bin Osman |
khallada mulkahu (The just sultan | Orhan bin Osman | May his kingdom flourish). Srećković 37; Sultan type 1, 1; Album 1288.1. VF, toned.
From the BRN Collection.