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Manghir - Bayezid II
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1481-1512 |
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| Weight | 1.46 g |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Bayezid II came to power immediately following a succession crisis that nearly fractured the empire — his brother Cem Sultan fled to the Knights of Rhodes after losing the civil war, spending years as a political hostage passed between European courts while Bayezid quietly paid for his captivity abroad to keep him neutralized. The copper manghir was the smallest functional denomination during this reign, circulating in bazaars and markets where silver akçe were too valuable for everyday transactions.
These pieces were struck at multiple mints across Anatolia and the Balkans, and attribution to a specific mint without a clear mintmark requires caution.