Lot 2422

Sale 76 · Important Australian & 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), (3.448 grams), Sidri Qapsi mint, year 926, (A.1317, Artuk 1568, M.1254, [£95]). Slighly crinkled and weak in places as usual, otherwise fine and rare.

Suleiman I reign marked the apogee of the Ottoman Empire which extended from Budapest to Mecca and from Mesopotamia to the borders of Morocco. Sidri Qapsi is the name for the silver mines in Chalcidice.

Estimate
$140
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$0