Turkey AH 1012 sultani
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This specimen was lot 31851 in Heritage sale 3076 (Long Beach, CA, September 2019), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description[1] noted, "Ottoman Empire. Ahmed I gold Sultani AH 1012 (1603) AU50 NGC, Sakiz mint (in Chios, Greece), A classically rare and coveted mint within most of the Ottoman series, presented here with nearly full legends on a sound flan with only light toning."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold.
Catalog reference: KM17var (mint above exergual line), A-1347.1, Pere-359var (same).
- Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay, Ottoman Empire Coins 1687-1839 (AH 1099-1255), Istanbul: Anka Matbaacilik, 2010.
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [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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