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CSNS Signature Sale 3073 25-26 & 29 Apr 2019
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Ottoman Empire. Mehmed II (2nd Reign, AH 855-886 / AD 1451-1481) Akce AH 865 (AD 1460/1) VF30 NGC, Constantinople mint (in Turkey), Second Series, A-1308.2 (RR), Pere-86, Damali-7-K-G2-865. 12mm. 0.89gm. Simply put, an absolute must for any serious collector of Ottoman coins. Though the mint of Constantinople was to become one of the most prolific in the Ottoman Empire, with its coins usually among the most common and unremarkable of issues, this incredibly important historical type occupies the privileged position of being the first coin struck at Constantinople after its monumental conquest in 1453--for which Mehmed II received the epithet fatih ("the Conqueror"). While not quite as well-preserved as the example that we sold as part of the Dr. Hans Wilski Collection (Auction #271840, 7 October 2018, lot 37141), which achieved $2040, the present specimen showcases far superior, enviable centering--the obverse perfectly positioned and the reverse only slightly less so, which is extremely uncommon for the type.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1200 USD
Ottoman Empire. Mehmed II (2nd Reign, AH 855-886 / AD 1451-1481) Akce AH 865 (AD 1460/1) VF30 NGC, Constantinople mint (in Turkey), Second Series, A-1308.2 (RR), Pere-86, Damali-7-K-G2-865. 12mm. 0.89gm. Simply put, an absolute must for any serious collector of Ottoman coins. Though the mint of Constantinople was to become one of the most prolific in the Ottoman Empire, with its coins usually among the most common and unremarkable of issues, this incredibly important historical type occupies the privileged position of being the first coin struck at Constantinople after its monumental conquest in 1453--for which Mehmed II received the epithet fatih ("the Conqueror"). While not quite as well-preserved as the example that we sold as part of the Dr. Hans Wilski Collection (Auction #271840, 7 October 2018, lot 37141), which achieved $2040, the present specimen showcases far superior, enviable centering--the obverse perfectly positioned and the reverse only slightly less so, which is extremely uncommon for the type.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1200 USD