Ottoman Empire. Anonymous issue. Mangır Ca. 15th-16th century AD. (No reserve price)

Ottoman Empire.
Anonymous issue.
Ca. 15th-16th century AD.
Mangır (Bronze, 17 mm, 1.66 g).

Obv: Two fish swimming in opposite directions, the upper to right and the lower to left, with a pellet between them. Linear border with pellets outside.
Rev: Three-lobed floral device with radiating sprigs. Linear border with pellets outside. Anepigraphic.

Reference: Album, A Checklist of Islamic Coins, type 1390N; Ölçer, Nakışlı Osmanlı Mangırları, 961. Rare.

The mangır was the Ottoman copper coin, first struck in the 14th century under Murad I and used for small change alongside the silver akçe. Under Mehmed II eight mangırs were reckoned to the akçe. Copper coinage reached its peak in the 15th and 16th centuries, when many provincial mints struck it, often anonymously and with pictorial or ornamental designs instead of the sultan's name. Its use declined from the late 16th century as cheap American silver flowed into the empire.

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