Lot 2215

Sale 75 · Important Australian, British & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Description

Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Suleiman I ibn Selim (The Great and The Magnificent), (A.H. 926-974, A.D. 1520-1566), gold sultani (dinar), Sidra Qapsi mint (Libya), year 926, (3.502 grams), (A.1317, M.1254, [£85], Artuk 1566-8). Weak in places, otherwise very fine.

Suleiman I reign marked the apogee of the Ottoman Empire which extended from Budapest to Mecca and from Mesopotamia to the borders of Morocco.

Estimate
$200
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$130