Turkey AH 982 akce
The first specimen was lot 33346 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $228. The catalog description[1] noted, "Ottoman Empire. Murad III (AH 982-1003/AD 1574-1595) akçe AH 982 (AD 1574) XF45 NGC, Selanik mint (in Greece). A rather profuse mint in the later Ottoman period, when the final sultans of the empire more regularly struck mint visit issues bearing its signature (though actually minted in Istanbul), which escalates to considerable rar[ity] for this earlier date. Still bearing traces of mint luster in the fields, and containing comparatively more weakness and unevenness of strike than actual wear." The second specimen was lot 31420 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $660. The catalog description[1] noted, "Ottoman Empire. Murad III (AH 982-1003 / AD 1574-1595) Akce AH 982 (AD 1574) AU58 NGC, Sakiz mint (in Chios, Greece). Utterly fantastic and simply never found this attractive, the surfaces brilliant with mint bloom, wonderfully velveteen, and the strike as near perfectly centered as one could hope for. While evincing some contained weakness in very small patches, overall wear seems quite absent, suggesting almost assuredly a conservative grade. A true connoisseur's piece and certainly the nicest we have handled, the highest grossing example from the Dr. Hans Wilski Collection bringing in an astonishing $3240, which was certified as a mere XF45 by ANACS, and additionally appears to have been of the lower, second weight standard."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.33 g, silver, the first specimen 11 mm diameter, 0.36 g; the second specimen 0.52 g.
Catalog reference: the first specimen A-1336.2, Pere-299; the second specimen A-1336.1?, ICV-3177 (for type), Pere-299.
- Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay. Ottoman Empire Coins, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.
- 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 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.
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