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OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Mehmet II, 1451-1481, AV sultani (3.54g), Kostantiniye, AH882. AU

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Islamic Coins - Ottoman Empire Start Price:3,250.00 USD Estimated At:4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD
OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Mehmet II, 1451-1481, AV sultani (3.54g), Kostantiniye, AH882. AU
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OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Mehmet II, 1451-1481, AV sultani (3.54g), Kostantiniye, AH882, A-1306, superb bold strike, choice About Unc, RR, ex Hazerfans Collection. The year 882 is much rarer than 883. Only two examples are on CoinArchives, and the only one of equal quality to this piece appeared in the Triton Auction XI (2008), lot 1336, and sold for $18,000. This is the first Islamic coin to bear the phrase darib al-nadr wa sahib al-'izz al-nasr fi'l-birr wa'l-bahr, "the striker of precious metal, and master of glory, the victorious on land and sea", reference to the Ottoman expansion on both the European and Asian sides of the Bosporus.