Watch List notes:

TURKEY, Ottoman Empire, Suleiman I ibn Selim (The Great and The Magnificent), (A.H. 926-974, A.D. 1520-1566), gold sultani (dinar), Sidra Qapsi mint (Libya), year 926, (A.1317, M.1254, [£85], Artuk 1566-8) (illustrated); lot includes silver (3) India, Travancore fanam, (KM.29); Travancore chuckram (KM.1, 21); and a small Islamic AE. The gold sultani off centred, otherwise very fine, others very fine. (5)

Suleiman I's reign marked the apogee of the Ottoman Empire which extended from Budapest to Mecca and from Mesopotamia to the borders of Morocco.