Akce - Selim II Novaberda mint

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.