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Sultani - Ahmed I
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1603-1606 |
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| Value | 1 Sultani (40) |
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| Obverse description | Hammered gold flan with an irregular, slightly lobate border formed by a continuous ring of raised pellets. The field is entirely occupied by a multi-line Arabic legend in bold, deeply struck Thuluth script arranged in four principal registers, reading the royal titulature of Sultan Ahmed I. A horizontal line divides the lower register, beneath which the mint name Misr (Cairo) and the regnal year 1012 AH appear in a dedicated exergual band. Scattered pellet stops punctuate the inscription throughout the field. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Ahmed I came to the throne at fifteen, and his early coinage reflects the administrative continuity of the Istanbul and Misr mints rather than any decisive break with his predecessor Mehmed III. What distinguishes his sultanis is the regnal year reckoning anchored to his accession in 1012 AH — the first years of issue predate his controversial decision to spare his brothers, effectively ending the Ottoman practice of fratricide at succession, a dynastic shift with consequences that would haunt the empire for generations.