ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Murad IV, AH 1032-1049 / AD 1623-1640. Sultani (Gold, 21 mm, 3.44 g, 6 h), mint effaced, date off flan. 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 / Aḥmad Khān ʿazza / naṣruhū ḍuriba fī / …’ (‘Sultan Murad son of Ahmad Khan. May his victory be honoured. Struck in …’ in Arabic). Album 1369. Wavy flan, otherwise, good very fine.

From a British collection of Ottoman coins, formed in the early 2000s.