ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Mehmed IV, AH 1058-1099 / AD 1648-1687. Sultani (Gold, 25 mm, 3.50 g, 12 h), Qustantaniyya, AH 1058 = AD 1648/9. 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 / Qusṭanṭaniyya / 1058’ (‘Sultan Mehmed son of Ibrahim Khan. May his victory be honoured. Struck in Qustantaniyya, 1058’ in Arabic). Album 1383. Light areas of weakness and with minor scratches, otherwise, very fine.

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