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Mangir - Suleiman I Damascus
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1520 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Mint | Damascus |
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Suleiman I came to the throne in 1520, the same year this piece was struck, and Damascus was by then a recently absorbed provincial mint — the Ottomans had taken Syria from the Mamluks only four years earlier at the Battle of Marj Dabiq. Copper mangir issues from newly integrated mints in this period are chronically underrepresented in collections, partly because provincial copper circulated hard and was frequently melted when debased.
Damascus mint output under early Ottoman administration remains poorly documented, which makes die-specific attribution for this type genuinely difficult.