Beshlik - Selim I Giray Bakhchysarai Mint

Selim I Giray was one of the most capable khans in Crimean history, ruling four separate times between 1671 and 1704 — an almost unprecedented political survival record given Ottoman control over succession. The 1684 issue falls within his second reign, a period of intense military activity alongside the Ottomans against the Habsburg-Polish coalition during the Great Turkish War. Crimean forces were deeply committed to campaigns that would, within a few years, culminate in the catastrophic Ottoman defeat at Vienna's aftermath and the 1699 Treaty of Karlowitz.

Bakhchysarai remained the administrative heart of the khanate throughout, and its mint output was modest by design — the beshlik denomination circulating locally while heavier Ottoman coinage dominated regional trade.