Obverse: Sultan Selim sah bin sultan Süleyman han azze nasrühü duribe fi Halep sene 974
altin, (AD 1566); (19 mm)
Selim sah, sultan, son of Suleiman chan. Let his (3,35 g)
victory be great. Coined in Aleppo in the year 974 (gold)
Reverse: Daribün nadri sahibül izzi vennasri filberi velbahr
The one who coins from gold is the lord of power
and victory on land and sea
Text by Mihály Szilágyi. Photograph by Ferenc Soós and Péter Szántó.
Private collection.