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1 Sultani - Selim II
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1567 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Hammered gold flan bearing a multi-line Arabic legend in Ottoman script arranged across the field in four horizontal registers, reading 'Sultan Selim bin Suleiman Khan, may he be victorious, struck in Tunis.' The Hijri date 974 appears prominently in the lower register in large numerals. The entire design is enclosed within a plain inner border and a beaded outer border typical of Ottoman hammered coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | ضارب النضر صاحب العز والنصر في البر والبحر (Translation: Gold striker The glorious and victorious In the land and sea) |
| Edge | Plain |
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