409, Lot: 893. Estimate $50.
Sold for $30. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Mehmed II Fatih ('the Conqueror'). Posthumous issue, AH 886 / AD 1481. AR Akçe (12mm, 0.71 g, 10hh). Konstantiniye (Constantinople) mint. Dated AH 886 (AD 1481). Naskh legend:
Mehmed |
sultan |
bin |
Murad han (Sultan Mehmed, son of Lord Murad); pellet(s) in field / Naskh legend:
azze nasruhu |
Konstantiniye |
duriba sanat |
886 (May his victory be glorious | Konstantiniye | struck in year | 886); pellets around(?). Srećković 150 var. (pellets); Sultan type 246, 881; Album 1308.5. VF, toned. Very rare.
From the BRN Collection.
