ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Murad III, AH 982-1003 / AD 1574-1595. Sultani (Gold, 20 mm, 3.41 g), Misr, AH 982 = 1574/5. Within a circle, ‘sulṭān al-barrayn / wa khāqān al-baḥrayn / al-sulṭān ibn / al-sulṭān’ (‘The sultan of the two lands and the khaqan of the two seas, Sultan son of Sultan’ in Arabic). Rev. Within a circle, ‘Sulṭān Murād ibn / Salīm Khān ʿazza / naṣruhū ḍuriba fī / Miṣr sana / 982’ (‘Sultan Murad son of Salim Khan. May his victory be honoured. Struck in Misr, year 982’ in Arabic). Album 1332.2. Rare. Areas of weakness and with a flan crack, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From a Swiss collection, formed before 2005.