ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Mehmed IV, AH 1058-1099 / AD 1648-1687. Sultani (Gold, 21 mm, 3.38 g, 7 h), Misr, [AH 1058 = AD 1648/9] but 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 Muḥammad / ibn / Ibrāhīm Khān ʿazza / naṣruhū ḍuriba fī / Miṣr sana / …’ (‘Sultan Mehmed son of Ibrahim Khan. May his victory be honoured. Struck in Misr, year …’ in Arabic). Album 1383. Minor scratches, otherwise, good very fine.

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