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Akce - Selim I Giray
| Issuer | Khanate of Crimea |
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| Year | 1684-1691 |
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| Value | 1 Akce = 1/5 Beshlik (0.2) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bearing the name and titles of Khan Selim I Giray rendered in Arabic script, characteristic of hammered Crimean Khanate coinage. The legend is struck on an irregularly shaped flan, typical of small-denomination akce issues, with the inscription distributed across the available field. The script is executed in a compact calligraphic style consistent with late 17th-century Crimean minting practice. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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Selim I Giray reigned four separate times as Khan of Crimea — an almost unparalleled record of reinstatement by the Ottoman Porte, which controlled Crimean succession as a matter of imperial policy. His akçe coinage of this period reflects the extreme weight reduction that had hollowed out Crimean silver issues across the seventeenth century, by this point a fraction of what earlier khans had struck.