FRANCE/TURKEY Suite Medal 1823 Sultan Mehmed II. Fatih. A stunning mint-state specimen! NGC MS 65 BN

Certification details

Certification number: 8584139-006

Grade: MS 65 BN

Nominal value: BRONZE

Mint Mark: FRANCE

Variety: MOHAMMETH II ; CAQUE - (41mm)

Year: 1823-DATED

1823, France/Turkey (Ottoman). Sultan Mehmed II. Fatih. Bronze Suite Medal. NGC MS-65 BN!

Mint Year: 1823
Mint Place: Paris
Publisher: Pierre-Amédée Durand
Medallist: Armand Auguste Caqué
Condition: Certified and graded by NGC as MS-65 BN!
References: https://smb.museum-digital.de/object/181433
Denomination: Suite Medal - Sultan Mehmed II "the Conqueror" (1444-1481) - From the Numismatica Universalis Virorum Illustrium Series, published by Pierre-Amédée Durand in 1823.
Material: Bronze
Diameter: 40mm
Weight: 36.5gm



Obverse: Bust of Sultan Mehmed II right, wearing a turban and and lamb fur coat. Medallist´s signature (CAQUÉ F.) below.
Legend: MOHAMMETH II IMPERATOR OTHOMANORUM
Translated: "Mehmed II, Emperror of the Ottomans."

Reverse: BIbiliographical data
Legend: NATUS / ADRIANOPOLI / IN ROMELIA / AN. M.CCCC.XXX. / OBIIT / AN. M.CCCC.LXXXI. / SERIES NUMISMATICA / UNIVERSALIS VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM / M.DCCC.XXIII. / DURAND EDIDIT
Translated: "Born in Adrianople (today´s Edirne, Turkey), Rumelia (province of the Ottoman Empire), 1430 (although the actual date of his is 1432), died 1481."





Mehmed II (30 March 1432 – 3 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror (Turkish: Fatih Sultan Mehmet), was an Ottoman Sultan who ruled first for a short time from August 1444 to September 1446, and later from February 1451 to May 1481. At the age of 21, he conquered Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) and brought an end to the Byzantine Empire. Mehmed continued his conquests in Anatolia with its reunification and in Southeast Europe as far west as Bosnia. Mehmed is considered a hero in modern-day Turkey and parts of the wider Muslim world. Among other things, Istanbul's Fatih district, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge and Fatih Mosque are named after him.

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