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Sultani - Selim II Aleppo
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1567 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Hammered gold reverse of irregular round flan, entirely occupied by a multi-line Arabic legend in bold Thuluth script. The inscription proclaims the sultan's titles and attributes as the 'gold striker, the glorious and victorious in the land and sea,' a formulaic honorific common to Ottoman sultani coinage of the mid-sixteenth century. The deeply incuse field displays a warm golden surface with characteristic hammer-strike flow lines, framed by a dotted inner border following the irregular edge of the planchet. Decorative knot or rosette ornaments appear in the lateral fields between lines of text, adding visual rhythm to the composition. |
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| Mint | Aleppo Mint |
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