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Got a new medieval coin come in. Ottoman, Sultan Bayezid the II. Silver Akce (size of a dime), minted in Constantinople. Both sides in Arabic. Front says
'May his victory be victorious. Struck in
Constantinople
the year 886'
Back says
'Sultan Bayezid,
son of Mehmed Khan'
Detailed information about the coin Akce, Bayezid II, Ottoman Empire, with pictures and collection and swap management : mintage, descriptions, metal, weight, size, value and other numismatic data
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(I know the listing says the obverse and reverse the other way, but I think whoever slabbed this coin got the sides mixed up. Second time I saw this happen). Might have photographed the 'reverse' upside down too.
Not a particularly rare piece but it's in pretty much mint condition for a 545 year old coin. Wanted Bayezid II for my collection for personal reasons. He basically saved like a third of the Sephardic Jews after the Reconquista and the expulsion from Iberia, called Ferdinand and Isabella morons for driving out a community full of educations doctors, scholars, and craftsmen. Sent a huge refuge armada to collect as many as he could and resettled them around the Ottoman Empire, most were settled in Thessaloniki Greece, which became the only Jewish majority city in Europe at the time.