Egypt AH 1013 sultani
This specimen was lot 480 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it sold for $411.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Ahmed I, 1603-1617, AV sultani, Misr, AH1013. The Egyptian mint Misr (Cairo) struck sultanis with the actual Hijri date from AH1012 to 1015, then resumed the accession year 1012 thereafter until the end of his reign in AH1026., EF, ex Hazerfans Collection." Ahmed I ascended the throne at the age of thirteen with only one brother. To preserve the dynasty, prince Mustafa was not strangled as heretofore had been the custom. That brother succeeded him as Mustafa I when he died at the age of 27. Ahmed is also well known for his construction of the Blue Mosque, one of the most famous mosques in Turkey.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, this specimen 3.49 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-6, A-1347.2, Damali-MS-A1.
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- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.
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- Egypt AH 1012 sultani
- Egypt AH 1027 sultani
- Coins and currency dated 1604
- return to coins of Egypt