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Sultani - Mehmet III Algiers
| Issuer | Regency of Algiers (Algeria) |
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| Year | 1595 |
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| Value | Sultani |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Mehmet III acceded to the Ottoman throne in January 1595 after his father Murad III died, immediately ordering the execution of nineteen brothers to eliminate dynastic rivals — standard Ottoman fratricide policy, but notable here for the scale. Coins struck in his name at Algiers reflect the Regency's formal acknowledgment of the new sultan, a political gesture as much as a monetary one. The Algiers mint operated with considerable autonomy from Istanbul throughout the sixteenth century, and weight standards on Algerian sultanis frequently diverged from Anatolian issues.
Album 1340.1 distinguishes this type from the broader Mehmet III gold series by mint attribution. Survivors in any condition are scarce.