ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Sulayman I Qanuni ('the Lawgiver'), AH 926-974 / AD 1520-1566. Sultani (Gold, 19 mm, 3.47 g). Within a circle, ‘Sulṭān Sulaymān Shāh / ibn Sulṭān Salīm / ʿazza naṣruhū ḍuriba fī / …’ (‘Sultan Sulayman Shah son of Sultan Salim. May his victory be honoured! Struck in …’ in Arabic). Rev. Within a circle, ‘ḍārib al-naḍr / ṣāḥib al-ʿizz wa al-naṣr / fī al-barr wa al-baḥr’ (‘Gold striker, owner of glory and victory, in the land and sea’ in Arabic). Album 1317. Areas of weakness, otherwise, good very fine.

From a Swiss collection, formed before 2005.