Sultani - Suleiman I Mosul, type 3

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.