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Akçe - Beylerbeyi Çelebi
| Issuer | Beylik of Karasi |
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| Year | 1343-1360 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing a two-line Islamic profession of faith (shahada) in Arabic script: 'La ilaha illa Allah / Muhammad rasul Allah', arranged within a plain border with a surrounding dotted or pellet ring. The calligraphy is executed in the compressed, interlocking style characteristic of hammered Anatolian akçe coinage. The flan is irregular in outline, showing typical characteristics of hand-struck medieval Turkish beylik silver. No mint name or date appears on this face. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Karasi was among the earliest of the Anatolian beyliks absorbed by the Ottomans — gone by around 1360, making this issue one of the final coins struck under independent Karasi authority. The beylik's coastal position along the Sea of Marmara made it strategically indispensable to Orhan Gazi, who absorbed it piecemeal through a combination of dynastic pressure and opportunistic annexation rather than outright conquest.
Beylerbeyi Çelebi's coinage survives in small numbers, a reflection of both the brevity of his tenure and the beylik's limited mint output relative to larger contemporaries like Germiyan or Saruhan.