Ottoman coin – HCR16803

Obverse

Inscription:

مراد بن محمد خان

Design:

Arabic inscription in field, divided into four compartments by one horizontal line and two transversal lines on the upper half, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

Inscription:

خلد ملكه ضرب بروسه

Design:

Arabic inscription in field, divided into two compartments by one horizontal line, enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Information

Period

Ottoman

Person

Murad II, 1421 - 1451 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Bursa (Ottoman)

Denomination

Mangır

Material

copper

Technique

struck

Dating

824-855 AH (= AD 1421-1451)

Note

The writing in the triangular interstices on the obverse might contain a date (possibly starting with "8") which is however difficult to decipher.

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
Credit

Weight (g)

1.82

Axis

Diameter (mm)

15.2

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)

Murad bin Mehmed Han

Translation (obverse)

Murad son of Mehmed Han

Transliteration (reverse)

Hallede mülkehu duribe Bursa

Translation (reverse)

May his kingdom be everlasting. Stuck in Bursa

Contributors to this coin record

fgigante, cgallacher