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Akçe Orhan Gazi, dependency from the Ilkhanids
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1324-1362 |
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| Value | 1 Akce |
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| Obverse lettering | اورخان حل الله ملكه (Translation: Orhan, May his kingdom be perpetuated) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Orhan Gazi's reign saw the Ottomans assert enough independence from the collapsing Ilkhanid framework to strike their own silver coinage — a significant political act for what was still a frontier principality competing with a dozen other Anatolian beyliks for legitimacy and territory. The Ilkhanid monetary system had dominated Anatolia for decades, and Orhan's akçe signaled a deliberate break from that dependency, placing his own name on the coin in place of a Mongol overlord's.
These are among the earliest dateable Ottoman coins. The weight standard reflects the transitional moment — not yet fully standardized in the manner of later Ottoman mints at Bursa and Edirne.