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Sultani - Selim II Damascus
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1567 |
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| Reference(s) | Pere#234 |
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| Obverse lettering | سلطان سليم شاه بن سلطان سليمان خان عز نصره ضرب في دمشق سنة ٩٧۴ (Translation: Sultan Selim Shah bin Sultan Suleiman Khan May he be victorious Struck in Damascus Year 974) |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Selim II inherited an empire at its administrative peak but is better remembered for the catastrophic naval defeat at Lepanto in 1571 than for any expansion of his own. The Damascus mint was among the most productive of the provincial Ottoman gold-striking facilities, serving trade networks that ran from the Levantine coast deep into the Arabian interior. Provincial sultani from Damascus occasionally show slightly softer strikes than Istanbul output, a known characteristic of the mint rather than a circulation artifact.