ОСМАНСЬКІ АКЧЕ, МЕДІНІ ТА ІКІЛІКИ КІНЦЯ XVI – ПОЧАТКУ XVІII ст. В КОЛЕКЦІЇ ОДЕСЬКОГО АРХЕОЛОГІЧНОГО МУЗЕЮ
OTTOMAN AKÇES, MEDINIS AND IKILIKS OF THE LATE 16TH – EARLY 18TH CENTURIES IN THE COLLECTION OF THE ODESA ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM

Summary/Abstract: The paper introduces the silver coins of the Ottoman Empire of small denominations of the late 16th – early 18th centuries, stored in the old numismatic collection of the Odesa Archaeological Museum of the NAS of Ukraine (formed before the Second World War), including: Mehmed III (1595–1603): akçe minted in Sidrekapsi (1 pc.) and Kostantiniye (1 pc.) Ahmed I (1603–1617): akçe minted in Amid (2 pcs.) and medini minted in Misr (1 pc.) Osman II (1618–1622): akçe minted in Misr (1 pc.). Mustafa I, 2nd reign (1622–1623): akçe minted in Kostantiniye (1 pc.). Murad IV (1623–1640): akçe minted in Kostantiniye (1 pc.) and Belgrade (2 pcs.), medini minted in Misr (2 pcs.), Ibrahim (1640–1648): akçe minted in Kostantiniye (5 pcs.) and Misr (1 pc.), ikilik minted in Kostantiniye (2 pcs.), medini minted in Misr (1 pc.). Ahmed III (1703–1730): hand struck medini minted in Misr in the beginning of the reign (1 pc.). The circumstances and time of the finds of these coins are unknown. However, most likely, they were found in the North-Western Black Sea region. The loss of information about the context of the find negatively affects the value of these coins as sources of the history of currency circulation. Nevertheless, the data on the type, weight and typology of these coins can be considered in further studies on the history of minting and cataloging of coin types of the Ottoman Empire. Particularly noteworthy are the relatively rare types of akçe of Ahmed I minted in Amid, second reign of Mustafa I minted in Kostantiniye, Osman II and Ibrahim minted in Misr. The examined coins belong to three denominations: akçe, which was the main silver currency of the Ottoman Empire in the 14th – 17th centuries, medini (also known as medin/maydin, later para), which was minted in Misr (Egypt) even before the Ottoman conquest of this region and was incorporated into the Ottoman monetary system as a local currency, and ikilik or double akçe, which was minted only during the reign of Ibrahim (1640–1648) in Constantinople.

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