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Sultani - Selim I Damascus
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1518 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse lettering | ضارب النضر صاحب العز والنصر في البر والبحر (Translation: Gold striker The glorious and victorious In the land and sea) |
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| Mint | Damascus (Dimashq) Mint |
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Selim I took Damascus in 1516 after routing the Mamluk forces at Marj Dabiq, and the establishment of a mint there was one of his first administrative acts — a deliberate signal that Ottoman monetary authority now extended across Syria. The Damascus sultani entered a trade network already saturated with Mamluk ashrafis, and early Ottoman issues from this mint were struck to compete directly with that coinage in weight and fineness.
Selim's reign lasted only eight years, and Damascus-mint gold from this period is considerably scarcer than contemporary Constantinople output.