ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Mehmed IV, AH 1058-1099 / AD 1648-1687. Sultani (Gold, 24 mm, 3.47 g, 12 h), Misr, AH [10]58 = 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 / Miṣr [sana] / [10]58’ (‘Sultan Mehmed son of Ibrahim Khan. May his victory be honoured. Struck in Misr, year 1058’ in Arabic). Album 1383. Some areas of weakness and with minor scratches, otherwise, very fine.

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