Medini - Selim I

Selim I's rapid conquest of Mamluk Egypt in 1517 immediately expanded the Ottoman minting network to include Cairo and other former Mamluk centers, but the medini — a small-denomination silver struck in the years bracketing that conquest — continued production with minimal administrative disruption, reflecting how thoroughly Selim absorbed existing fiscal infrastructure. The type is often found with uneven flans and off-center strikes, not by accident but because the hammered blanks were cut from wire of inconsistent gauge.