Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Ahmad III. AH 1115-1143 / AD 1703-1730. AV Beşlik Altın (43mm, 16.66 g, 12h). Qustantiniya (Constantinople) mint. Dated AH 1115 (AD 1703). sultan al-barain wa khaqan al-bahrain al-sultan ibn al-sultan (Sultan of the two lands and Khaqan of the two seas, the Sultan, son of the Sultan) in Arabic on ornate field within four linear lozenges; flowers framing end of two largest; all within circular linear and dentiled border; ba below nun of final al-sultan / Large tughra on ornate field; below, zarb qustantiniya fi 1115 az nasrah (Struck Qustantiniya [Constantinople] in 1327 may his victory be glorious) in Arabic; all within circular linear and dentiled border. Sultan –; Pere 504 var. (initial letter; example set in mount); KM 182 (initial letter not listed); Friedberg 5. VF, lightly toned, holed for suspension.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Coin Galleries (7 August 1985), lot 517.