148, Lot: 511. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Ottoman Empire. Sulayman II al-Qanuni (the Lawgiver). AH 926-974/AD 1520-1566. AV Sultani (19mm, 3.47 g, 6h). Misr (Cairo) mint. Dated AH 926 (AD 1520/1). Name and titles in three lines across fields / Continuation of name and pedigree, “‘azz nasrahu” formula, and mint name in five lines across field; AH date in exergue. Jem Sultan Type 3; Album 1317. VF.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.