Ottoman coin – HCR16789

Obverse

Inscription:

سلطان / بن سلطان محمد با / يزيد خان

Design:

Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two parallel lines, enclosed by a scalloped and knotted frame, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Reverse

Inscription:

ضرب بروس / خلد ٨١٦ ملكه / زيد عمره

Design:

Arabic inscription in field, divided into three horizontal segments by two parallel lines, the middle one divided into three sections by two curved vertical lines, enclosed by a linear and a pointillate circle

Information

Period

Ottoman

Dynasty

Ottoman Empire

Reign

Mehmed I

Person

Mehmed I, sultan (ruler/authority)

Mint

Bursa (Ottoman)

Denomination

Akçe

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

816 AH (= AD 1413-1414)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

1.16

Axis

Diameter (mm)

14.5

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition collection reference

M. Thorburn

Acquisition date

1966

Source

M. Thorburn

Source of funds

Committee for Advanced Studies Fund

Acquisition credit

Purchased with the assistance of the Committee for Advanced Studies Fund, 1966.

Transliteration (obverse)

Sultan / bin sultan Mehmed Ba / yezid khan

Translation (obverse)

Sultan Mehmed son of sultan Bayezid han

Transliteration (reverse)

Duribe Burus / hallade 816 mulkehu / zide omruhu

Translation (reverse)

Struck in Bursa. May his kingdom be everlasting, 816. May he live long

Reference

Damali : 5-BU-G1, p. 225

Reference

M. I. O. : see p. 39, no. 120

Contributors to this coin record

fgigante, cgallacher