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Akce - Orhan Gazi
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1324-1362 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | السلطان العادل اورخا[ن بن] عثما[ن] خلد الله (Translation: The just sultan Orhan son of Osman May God perpetuate) |
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Orhan Gazi's akçe is among the earliest Ottoman silver coinage, issued by a ruler who was still consolidating territory in northwestern Anatolia following the capture of Bursa in 1326, which became the first Ottoman capital. The decision to strike silver — rather than rely on Byzantine or Seljuk issues circulating in the region — was a deliberate assertion of independent political authority by a dynasty only one generation old.
Dating these pieces precisely is impossible; the 1324–1362 range spans Orhan's entire reign.