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[[Image:Egypt SA32-484o.jpg|300px|thumb|Steve Album sale 32, lot 484]]
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This specimen was lot 484 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it sold for $258.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Murad IV, 1623-1640, AV sultani, Misr, AH(10)32, some weakness around the rim, EF, ex Hazerfans Collection." Murad IV ascended the throne at the age of eleven and ruled until his death at the age of 27. He had ten sons by various concubines, all of whom predeceased him. His armies beat off a Persian invasion and the resulting peace treaty set the Turkish-Persian border where it is today. 

''Recorded mintage'': unknown.

''Specification'': gold, this specimen 3.40 g.

''Catalog reference'': Fr-9, A-1369. 

''[[Bibliography|Sources]]'': 
* Album, Stephen, ''Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed.,'' Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
* Mitchiner, Michael, ''The World of Islam'', London: Hawkins Publications, 2000.
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>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. 

''Link to:''
* [[Egypt AH 1027 sultani]] Osman II
* [[Egypt AH 1031 sultani]] Mustafa I
* [[Egypt AH 1049 sultani]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1623]]
* return to coins of [[Egypt]]

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