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OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Mehmet II, 1451-1481, LOT of 15 silver coins

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Islamic Coins - Group Lots Start Price:280.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 500.00 USD
OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Mehmet II, 1451-1481, LOT of 15 silver coins
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This item SOLD at 2022 Sep 18 @ 10:49UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Mehmet II, 1451-1481, LOT of 15 silver coins, all are silver akçes: dated AH865, type A-1308.2 (second series): all from the mint of Kostantiniye (15); attribution by the consignor, probably all correct, viewing recommended; better than average circulated grades, mostly well-struck; retail value $1100, lot of 15 pieces. All coins in the consignor's original album together with his original enlarged photos of each coin. This is the earliest Islamic coin struck at Constantinople, Turkish Kostantiniye, now call Istanbul, captured from the last of the Byzantines in 1453. This is the largest group of this rare mint that we have ever seen.