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Shahi - Murad III Basra
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1575 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a multi-line Arabic legend arranged within a rectangular cartouche, reading the royal titulature of Sultan Murad III. The inscription is executed in a bold, deeply struck thuluth-style script typical of Ottoman provincial hammered coinage. The legend proclaims the sultan as ruler of the two lands and sovereign of the two seas, followed by his name and regnal invocation. The flan is irregularly shaped and slightly broader than the die, with a plain, undecorated border. Strike quality is characteristic of mid-sixteenth-century Basra mint production. |
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| Obverse lettering | سلطان البرين وخاقان البحرين السلطان ابن السلطان مراد خان عز نصره |
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| Reverse lettering | ضرب في البصرة ٩٨٢ |
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