Medin - Ahmed I

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Descrizione del rovescio	Central field displays the mint name and AH date inscribed in Arabic script across multiple lines, reading 'Struck in Egypt 1012.' Heart-shaped rosette ornaments flank or frame the inscription, a decorative device characteristic of Ottoman Egyptian mint issues of this period. The overall design is confined within the irregular oval flan, with the legend boldly struck in relief against a flat field.
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Informazioni aggiuntive	Ahmed I came to the throne in 1603 at roughly thirteen years old, and his early coinage reflects the administrative chaos of a transition that bypassed the fratricide law only by exception. Egypt's mint at this period was producing silver at reduced weight standards compared to Anatolian issues, a consequence of ongoing debasement pressures that had been accelerating since the 1580s — the same monetary deterioration that contributed to the Celali revolts convulsing Anatolia during precisely these years.