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Manghir - Mehmed II Ayasuluk mint
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 852-856 |
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| Value | 1 Mangir |
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| Obverse lettering | 852=>856 Ayasuluk |
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| Edge | Rough |
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Ayasuluk — the Ottoman name for the ancient site of Ephesus — was an active mint under Mehmed II during his first reign, before his consolidation of minting operations following the conquest of Constantinople in 1453. The manghir was the smallest fractional copper unit in circulation, used for everyday market transactions at a time when the Ottoman monetary system was being actively reorganized to absorb newly conquered Anatolian territories. This mint's output from the 852–856 AH window is notably sparse in surviving examples.