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Akce - Selim II Novaberda mint
| Issuer | Ottoman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 974-982 |
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| Currency | Akçe (1327-1687) |
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| Reverse description | Hammered silver field bearing a multi-line Arabic mint and date inscription arranged in stacked horizontal registers. The legend records the mint name Novaberda (Novo Brdo) along with the regnal years 974–982 AH, preceded by the pious invocation 'Azza Nasruhu' (May his victory be glorified). The script is angular and compressed, consistent with provincial Ottoman die-cutting practice. No decorative borders or ornamental devices are present, the entire flan surface being devoted to the epigraphic content. Strike is characteristically uneven, with some areas of weakness attributable to the hand-hammered technique. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Selim II's reign saw the akçe systematically debased, a process accelerating sharply after 1566 as the empire's military costs — particularly the prolonged Cyprus campaign and the catastrophic naval losses at Lepanto in 1571 — strained Ottoman finances beyond what tax revenues could cover. The Novaberda mint, operating in what is now northern Serbia, was one of the Balkan provincial mints brought into service precisely to distribute the production burden of this high-volume, low-weight coinage.
Pere's range of reference numbers across #400-408 reflects genuine die variation across the mint's output during this period, not a cataloging ambiguity.