Turkey (AH 726-29) akce
This specimen was lot 34220 in Heritage sale 3076 (Long Beach, CA, September 2019), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "Islamic Dynasties: Ottoman Empire. Orhan Ghazi (AH 724-761 / AD 1324-1360) Akce ND (c. AH 720s / AD 1320s) AU58 NGC, No mint (Bursa, in Turkey). With abbreviated obverse legend and marginal script reduced to decorations. An extremely rare subtype of the earliest of Orhan's coinage struck at his newly acquired capital of Bursa after AH 726, wonderfully lustrous with virtually the entire stamp on-flan."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 0.84 g, 18 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: cf. A-AT1288 (RRR; for type), Pere-5A (same), Damali-Unl. (see 2-G6), Remler Type Ivar (same).
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3076, featuring the Allen Moretti Swiss Collection and the James Mossman Collection of Canadian Coinage, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.
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