409, Lot: 892. Estimate $50. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Mehmed II Fatih ('the Conqueror'). Second reign, AH 855-886 / AD 1451-1481. AR Akçe (11mm, 0.86 g, 10h). Konstantiniye (Constantinople) mint. Dated AH 875 (AD 1470/1). Naskh legend:
Mehmed bin |
Murad han |
azze nasruhu |
875 (Mehmed son of | Lord Murad | may his victory be glorious | 875); pellet(s) in field / Naskh legend:
khallada |
mulkahu duriba be |
Konstantiniye (May his kingdom | flourish, struck in | Konstantiniye); pellets in field. Srećković 134; Sultan type 3-180, 784; Album 1308.3. Good VF, toned.
From the BRN Collection.