409, Lot: 894. Estimate $100.
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ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Lot of 10 Akçes mostly from European mints. Includes the following:
(a) Murad I. AH 761-791 / AD 1360-1389. AR Akçe (12mm, 1.16 g, 1h). Third series, AH 783-91 / AD 1381-9. Uncertain mint. Naskh legend, ornaments above and below:
Murad bin |
Orhan / Naskh legend:
khallada |
mulkahu (May his kingdom | flourish). Sr. 13; Sultan type 2 var. (dots); Album 1289.
(b) Bayezit I. AH 792-803 / AD 1389-1402. AR Akçe (13mm, 1.18 g, 5h). Uncertain mint. Dated AH 792 (AD 1389). Naskh legend, pellet above:
Beyazid |
bin Murad / Naskh legend, three pellets at end:
khallada mulkahu |
sene |
792 (May his kingdom flourish | year | 792). Sr. 4; Sultan type 28, 75-77; Album 1291.
(c) Murad II. First reign, AH 824-848 / AD 1421-1444. AR Akçe (13mm, 1.13 g, 9h). Naskh legend:
825 |
Murad bin Mehmed; 'comma' beside date, two pellets in fields / Naskh legend:
khallada mulkahu |
duriba Serez (May his kingdom flourish | Struck in Serez); three horizontal lines between, pellet at end of lower legend. Sr. 45 var. (pellets); Sultan type 10, 374 var. (pellets); Album 1302.2.
(d) Mehmed II el-Fatih (the Conqueror). Second reign, AH 855-886 / AD 1451-1481. AR Akçe (12mm, 0.92 g, 2h). Novar (Novo Brdo castle) mint. [Dated AH 865 (AD 1460/1)]. Naskh legend:
Mehmed bin Murad han azze nasruhu [865] (Mehmed son of Lord Murad, may his victory be glorious, [865]); star in center / Naskh legend:
khallada mulkahu duriba be Konstantiniye (May his kingdom flourish, struck in Constantinople); star in center. Sr. 96; Sultan type 117b, 708; Album 1308.2.
(e) Bayezit II. AH 886-918 / AD 1481-1512. AR Akçe (10mm, 0.75 g, 8h). Kratova mint. Dated AH 886 (AD 1481). Naskh legend:
Sultan Beyazit |
bin Mehmet Han / Naskh legend:
'azze nasruhu duriba |
Kratova sanat 886 (May his victory be glorious, struck in | Kratova, year 886). Sr. 54; Sultan -; Album 1312.
(f) Sulayman I Qanuni ('the Lawgiver'). AH 926-974 / AD 1520-1566. AR Akçe (12mm, 0.72 g, 8h). Novaberda (Novo Brdo) mint. Dated AH 926 (AD 1520). Naskh legend:
Sultan |
Sulayman Shah |
bin Selim |
Shah; star in center / Naskh legend:
'azze |
nasruhu |
duriba |
Novaberda |
sanat |
[926] (May his victory | be glorious | struck in | Novaberda | year | [926]); star in center. Sr. 50 var. (position of pellets); Sultan -; Album 1321.1.
(g) Sulayman I Qanuni ('the Lawgiver'). AH 926-974 / AD 1520-1566. AR Akçe (11mm, 0.69 g, 7h). Kratova mint. Dated AH 926 (AD 1520). Naskh legend:
Sultan |
Sulayman Shah |
bin Selim |
Shah; star in center / Naskh legend:
['azze nasru]hu duriba |
[Kra]tova |
sanat |
9[26] ([May his victory be glori]ous struck in | [Kra]tova | year | 9[26]); star in center. Sr. 03; Sultan type 3/3, 1098; Album A1321.1.
(h) Sulayman I Qanuni ('the Lawgiver'). AH 926-974 / AD 1520-1566. AR Akçe (11mm, 0.44 g, 11h). Srebreniçe mint. Dated AH 926 (AD 1520). Naskh legend:
[Sultan] |
[Sulayman] Shah |
[bin] Selim |
Shah / Naskh legend:
['azze nasruhu duriba] |
[Sreb]reniçe |
92[6] |
sanat ([May his victory be glorious struck] in | [Kra]tova | 92[6] | year). Sr. 09; Sultan -; Album A1321.1. [This coin is a flip-over double strike. On the right side of the obverse, the reverse words
nasruhu and
duriba are visible. On the upper part of the reverse, the obverse words
Sultan and
Shah are visible.]
(i) Mehmed III. AH 1003-1012 / AD 1595-1603. AR Akçe (11mm, 0.31 g, 9h). Novaberda (Novo Brdo) mint. Dated AH 1003 (AD 1595). Naskh legend:
Mehmed in center, continuing around, clockwise from bottom:
al-sultan bin Murad Khan / Naskh legend:
'azze nasruhu |
duriba |
Novaberda |
1003 (May his victory be glorious | struck in | Novaberda 1003). Sr. 04; Sultan type 9/3, 1405-6; Album 1344.2.
(j) Mehmed III. AH 1003-1012 / AD 1595-1603. AR Akçe (12mm, 0.29 g, 11h). Janja (Çança) mint. Dated AH 1003 (AD 1595). Naskh legend:
Mehmed in center, continuing around, clockwise from bottom:
al-sultan bin Murad khan / Naskh legend:
'azze nasruhu |
duriba |
Janja |
1003 (May his victory be glorious | struck in | Çança | 1003). Sr. 04 var, (obv. legend); Sultan type –/4; Album 1388; Zeno –.
VF or better, some with typical striking weakness. Ten (10) coins in lot.
From the BRN Collection. Coin (d) is ex Album FPL 234 (May 2008), no. 66304, (f) is ex Album FPL 234 (May 2008), no. 800893, (g) is ex Album FPL 261 (April 2011), no. 831071, (h) is ex Album FPL 261 (April 2011), no. 831073.
