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Larin - Mehmed III

Issuer Basra Eyalet
Year 1595
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Weight 4.85 g
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Obverse description The obverse bears the tughra of Sultan Mehmed III, the imperial monogram serving as the sovereign's calligraphic signature, struck along the flattened central section of the hairpin-shaped silver wire flan. The inscription is rendered in Arabic script in the characteristic Ottoman tughra style, incorporating the sultan's name and lineage. The legend reads: Sultan Mehmed son of Murad Khan. Due to the unconventional larin flan format, the design is compressed and irregular, with the script distributed across the narrow flattened field.
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Mintage 1003 (1595)
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