Catalog
Manghir - Mehmed II
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | Hammered reverse displaying a bold multi-line Arabic legend filling the field, enclosed by a single linear border that follows the irregular contour of the flan. The inscription names the mint city of Konya and includes the pious formula invoking the perpetuity of the sultan's reign, rendered in the angular Ottoman script style typical of mid-fifteenth century copper issues. Die alignment and strike are slightly off-centre, consistent with hand-struck production at a provincial Anatolian mint. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Mehmed II introduced a reformed copper coinage shortly after the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, as part of a broader monetary reorganization intended to standardize exchange across a rapidly expanding empire. The manghir functioned as the lowest denomination in everyday transactions, handling the commercial friction that silver akçe were too valuable to absorb efficiently. Mints across Rumelia and Anatolia struck these pieces concurrently, which accounts for the considerable variation in fabric and die workmanship encountered across surviving examples.