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Dirham - Murad III Aleppo, Seal of Solomon variant
| Issuer | Ottoman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 1575 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse lettering | ضرب ب حلب خلد الله ملكه وسلطانه سنه ٩٨٢ (Translation: Struck in Aleppo May God perpetuate his reign and his sultanate, year 982) |
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| Mintage | 982 (1575) |
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Murad III's accession in 1574 triggered an immediate administrative scramble across Ottoman provincial mints, with Aleppo among the first to retool for the new sultan's coinage. The Seal of Solomon variant is a die distinction within the broader Aleppo output of this reign — not a separate issue — and its relative frequency in the archaeological record of the Levant suggests it was the dominant working die at this mint during the early regnal years.
Aleppo's mint was among the most active in the Arab provinces, feeding a commercial economy built on the transit trade between the Mediterranean ports and the overland routes east toward Persia.