# 8200
AR ingot (92.02 g., size 68x18x12-7 mm.), countermark of a stylized toughra, which has been attributed to Osman II bin Ahmed (AH1027-1031), fineness aprox. 0,750, which coincides with the contemporary Dutch provincial lion daalder (leeuwendaalder, 27.68 g., fineness 0,750) which was a major trade coin during the 17th cent in the Levant. The lion daalder also circulated in Russia where it was known as ‘levok’. The provenance of this ingot also points into that direction, as it was first reported from the Ukraine and it may therefore been made for the Ottoman trade with Russia.
No other Ottoman ingots have, as far as we know, survived. Garo Kürkman: Ottoman Silver marks (1996) mentions on pag. 69 of his book “Since ancient times precious metals have been used both as currency and to make jewellery and valuable objects. Marks authenticating the fineness of ingots in the form of bars or rods have been used in various countries. However, I have been able to discover no Ottoman Turkish examples, and it seems that all of them must have been coined.” With his note he illustrates two ingots (fig. #143 Stamped ingots found in a Mongolian tomb. Weights 94.27 g. & 91.55 g.), from an article by Alfred Von Sallet: ‘Zeitschrift für Numismatik’, Berlin 1887, p.26-27.
The Ottoman ingot concerned is about of the same weight as those mentioned above, which Von Sallet describes as: “Diese Stücke gehören in die Reihe der in grösserer Anzahl erhaltenen mittelalterlichen russischen Werthstücke, nach ihrem Gewicht: Grivna, Rubel oder Poltina, halber Rubel genannt.”
Of the highest rarity, so far unreported and possibly unique Ottoman AR ingot (ZENO 230191)
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Starting price: € 2000.00
