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Akce - Mehmed II Second reign, Type 1
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1451 |
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| Value | 1 Akce |
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| Reverse description | The reverse field is dominated by a multi-line Arabic legend arranged in horizontal registers within a rectangular cartouche or panel, a layout typical of Ottoman akçes of this era. The inscription names the mint and includes the pious formula relating to the perpetuation of the sultan's reign. The lettering is executed in an angular, quasi-Kufic style with naskh elements, deeply struck into the irregular silver flan. Surrounding the central panel, additional text fills the marginal field. The overall strike is characteristic of Ottoman hammered coinage, with slight doubling and flan irregularity consistent with hand production at multiple provincial mints. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Mehmed II reclaimed the Ottoman throne in 1451 following the death of his father Murad II, whose own abdication six years earlier had been effectively reversed by political pressure after the young sultan's first reign proved untenable. This Type 1 akçe belongs to the opening coinage of the second reign — the same reign that would, within two years, see the conquest of Constantinople and the permanent end of the Byzantine Empire. The monetary reforms that followed that conquest render these earliest second-reign issues a distinct and finite series.