The Classical Economies Collection

OTTOMAN EMPIRE

Orhan Gazi bin Osman
AH 724-761 / AD 1324-1360

AR Akçe (1.14 g, 16mm, 10).

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Bursa(?).
Circa AH 739-760 / AD 1340-1359.
Within polylobe, Naskh legend, with ornament above:
         la ilah illa Allah | Muhammad | rasuluallah
         (There is no deity except God | Muhammad | is the messenger of God)
Within polylobe, Naskh legend, with ornament above:
         al-sultan al-'adil | Orhan bin Osman | khallada mulkahu
         (The just sultan | Orhan bin Osman | May his kingdom flourish)
Sr. 37; Sultan type 1, 1; Album 1288.1.

Murad I Hüdavendigâr (the Master)
AH 761-791 / AD 1360-1389

AR Akçe (1.16 g, 12mm, 1).

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Uncertain.
Third series, AH 783-91 / AD 1381-9.
Naskh legend, ornaments above and below:
         Murad bin | Orhan
         (same)
Naskh legend:
         khallada | mulkahu
         (May his kingdom flourish)
Sr. 13; Sultan type 2 var. (dots); Album 1289.

Bayezit I Yildirim ('the Thunderbolt')
AH 792-803 / AD 1389-1402

AR Akçe (1.18 g, 13mm, 5).

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Dated AH 792 (AD 1389; immobilized).
Naskh legend:
         Beyazid | bin Murad
         (same)
Naskh legend, \ at end:
         khallada mulkahu | sene | 792
         (May his kingdom flourish | year | 792)
Sr. 4; Sultan type 28, 75-77; Album 1291.

Mehmed I Çelebi
As Lord, AH 805-816 / AD 1402-1413

AR Akçe (0.90 g, 14mm, 4). Issue citing Timur as overlord.

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Bursa.
Dated AH 806 (AD 1403/4).
Naskh legend:
         la ilah illa Allah | Muhammad rasuluallah | [duriba] Bursa 806
         (There is no deity except God | Mohammed is the Messenger of God | [struck] Bursa 806)
Naskh legend:
         Timur han Kurkan | [Mehmed] bin Bayezid han | khallada mulkahu
         (Lord Timur Kurkan | Lord [Mehmed] bin Bayezid | May his kingdom flourish)
Sr. 1; Sultan type 2, 306-310; Album 1294.

Murad II
First reign, AH 824-848 / AD 1421-1444

AR Akçe (1.13 g, 13mm, 9).

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Serez (Serres).
Dated AH 825 (AD 1421/2).
Naskh legend:
         825 | Murad bin Mehmed
         (same)
'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.

Mehmed II el-Fatih (the Conqueror)
Second reign, AH 855-886 / AD 1451-1481

AR Akçe (0.86 g, 11mm, 10).

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AR Akçe (0.92 g, 12mm, 2).

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Novar (Novo Brdo castle).
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 Konstantiniye)
Star in center.
Sr. 96; Sultan type 117b, 708; Album 1308.2.

Posthumous issue, AH 886 / AD 1481

AR Akçe (0.71 g, 12mm, 10).

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Konstantiniye (Constantinople).
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(?).
Sr. 150 var. (pellets); Sultan type 246, 881; Album 1308.5.
Ex Album FPL 234 (May 2008), no. 66304.

Sulayman I Qanuni ('the Lawgiver')
AH 926-974 / AD 1520-1566

AR Akçe (0.72 g, 12mm, 8).

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Notes: The date is immobilized on these issues of Novaberda. This particular type belongs to the second period of Sulayman's coinage, circa AH 947-962 / AD 1540-1555.