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Ottoman Empire
Gold Sultani, AH 974
Selim II, Ottoman Sultan, AH 974-982/AD 1566-1574
A 1324. Superb Extremely Fine.
Amasya mint.
Sultan Selim bin Suleyman khan ‘azza nasruhu
, date and mint below; Reverse,
darib
al-nadr wa sahib al-’izz al-nasr fi’l birr wa’l-bahr
“the striker of precious metal, and master of glory, the
victorious on land and sea”. Amasya is a city in northern Turkey on the Black Sea.
326
Ottoman Empire
Gold Sultani, AH 982
Murad III, Ottoman Sultan, AH 982-1003/AD 1574-1595
Pere 269; A 1332.2. Superb Extremely Fine.
Halab (Aleppo) mint.
Sultan Murad bin Selim khan,’azza nasruhu
, mint and date below; Reverse,
sultan
al-birrayn wa khaqan al-bahrayn al-sultan bin al-sultan
“sultan of the two lands and khaqan of the two
seas, the sultan, son of the sultan”. The “two lands” allude to Asia and Europe, separated at Constan-
tinople by the Bosporus. The “two seas” are the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. Halab, also known as
Aleppo, is located in present day Syria.