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Kurus - Mustafa II Kostantiniyye mint
| Issuer | Imperial Ottoman Mint |
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| Year | 1695 |
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| Currency | Kuruş (1688-1844) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears a multi-line Ottoman Turkish legend in bold Thuluth-style Arabic calligraphy, arranged in horizontal registers across the entire field. The upper portion contains the royal titles and the name of Sultan Mustafa II, while a ruled horizontal line divides the field, below which the mint name 'Kostantiniyye' (Constantinople) is inscribed, followed by the AH regnal year 1106 at the lower margin. The inscription fills the flan to its edges, a characteristic feature of large Ottoman hammered coinage of this period. The surfaces show the irregular, slightly uneven strike typical of hand-hammered manufacture. |
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| Obverse lettering | ضرب في قسطنطينية ١١٠٦ |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely covered by a four-line Ottoman honorific legend in bold Thuluth-style Arabic calligraphy, reading 'Sultan of the Two Lands and Khagan of the Two Seas, the Sultan son of the Sultan, may his victory be glorious.' The text is arranged in stacked horizontal registers that fill the entire coin field from rim to rim, with no central motif or decorative element other than the script itself. Small floral or vegetal ornaments separate individual lines of text in the lower registers. The hammered flan exhibits characteristic surface irregularities and slight double-striking, consistent with late 17th-century Ottoman mint practice at Kostantiniyye. |
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