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Manghir - Murad II Ayasluk
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1424 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | سلطان مراد بن محمد خان خلد ملكه (Translation: Sultan Murad ibn Mehmed Khan. Khallada Mulkahu : `[The] Sultan Murad, son of Mehmed, Khan. May his Kingdom perpetuate.`) |
| Reverse description | Central field bearing a multi-line Arabic inscription arranged in horizontal registers across the irregular flan, consistent with hammered Ottoman mangir coinage of the early fifteenth century. The legend likely records the mint name and Hijri date, presented in a bold, somewhat crude epigraphic style characteristic of provincial copper issues of Murad II. The flan edges are irregular and uneven, with portions of the die design occasionally falling off the planchet. The flat surrounding field shows the characteristic surface texture of an unworked copper blank. |
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Ayasluk — the Ottoman name for the site of ancient Ephesus — operated as a mint sporadically under early Ottoman control of the Aegean hinterland. Murad II's consolidation of Anatolian minting in the 1420s followed his suppression of the Düzmece Mustafa revolt, after which he moved decisively to assert fiscal authority across recently stabilized territories. The manghir was the standard copper fractional unit of this period, largely ignored by collectors until relatively recently, which means survivors are frequently found in poor condition.