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Sultani - Mehmed III Damascus
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1595 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse description | Hammered gold flan bearing a multi-line Arabic tughra-style legend arranged in two registers separated by a horizontal line. The upper register contains the royal titulature of Sultan Mehmed III ibn Murad Khan with the invocatory phrase for divine victory, rendered in bold, densely interlaced Arabic calligraphy characteristic of late sixteenth-century Ottoman mint practice. The lower register records the mint name Damascus and the AH regnal year 1003. The irregular flan edge is typical of hand-struck Ottoman gold coinage of this period. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
| Obverse lettering | السلطان محمّد بن مراد خان عز نصره ضرب في دمشق سنة ١٠٠٣ (Translation: Sultan Mehmed bin Murad Khan May he be victorious Struck in Damascus Year 1003) |
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