Turkey AH 882 sultani
This specimen was lot 31847 in Heritage sale 3076 (Long Beach, CA, September 2019), where it sold for $5,040. The catalog description[1] noted, "Islamic Dynasties: Ottoman Empire. Mehmed II (2nd Reign, AH 855-886 / AD 1451-1481) gold Sultani AH 882 (AD 1477/8) MS63 ANACS, Constantinople mint (in Turkey), The first year of this extremely rare "king" of the Ottoman series, simultaneously standing as the first Ottoman gold coin struck to supplant the Venetian ducat, minted at the former capital of the Byzantine Empire for whose conquest Mehmed earned the epithet fatih ("the Conqueror") in 1453. Seemingly conservatively graded, without the least mark or tick over the satiny gold surfaces, and only the slightest striking weakness admitted. While we have not previously handled an AH 882 example, we note a similarly rare AH 883, certified MS64 by NGC, brought $5280 in our April sale. Mislabeled on the holder as AH 1882."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold.
Catalog reference: A-1306 (R), Pere-79, Damali-7-K-A1-882.
- 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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