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Sultani - Suleiman I Mosul, type 3
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1520 |
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| Currency | Akçe (1535-1688) |
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| Reverse description | Hammered gold reverse bearing a four-line Arabic inscription filling the field, comprising the Islamic shahada followed by the mint and date formula: 'La ilaha illa Allah / Muhammad rasul Allah / Duriba Mawsil / 926' (AH). The mint name Mosul (Mawsil) and the AH date 926, corresponding to 1520 CE, appear in the lower lines. The calligraphy is rendered in characteristic Ottoman Thuluth script with interlacing strokes. The strike is slightly off-center, consistent with hammered coinage of this period, with no surrounding border. |
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| Mintage | 926 (1520) - ٩٢٦ |
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Suleiman I took the throne in September 1520, and the Mosul mint — one of the more peripheral Ottoman striking facilities — was among those tasked with producing gold sultanis to mark the new reign. The type 3 designation reflects a die revision sequence common in early Ottoman gold, where tughra layout and the arrangement of mint and regnal data were adjusted as the central administration standardized coinage across a rapidly expanding empire. Mosul's output was never high-volume; its geographic position made it administratively useful but logistically difficult to supply with refined gold blanks.