Archaeologia Adriatica, Vol. 16 No. 1, 2022.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15291/archeo.3996
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE COINS FROM NORTHERN DALMATIA
Mato Iklić
orcid.org/0000-0001-6748-639X
; University of Zadar, Department of archaeology, Zadar, Croatia
Dejan Filipčić
orcid.org/0000-0003-2934-3819
Abstract
The paper discusses 23 Ottoman coins found in 16 sites in northern Dalmatia. chronologically, they belong to the period from the second reign of Sultan Mehmed II, the Conqueror (1444–1446 and 1451–1481) all the way to the Egyptian coin bearing
the name of Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1876–1909). These numismatic finds can be assigned to one of several different phases during which they came to northern Dalmatia: pre-Ottoman, Ottoman and post-Ottoman. The first phase includes the akçes
of Sultan Mehmed II and Sultan Selim I (1512–1520). The second phase involves
coins from the period of Ottoman rule, which lasted a little over a century and a half
in the hinterland of northern Dalmatia. The third phase is represented by mangirs of
Suleiman II (1687–1691), which were brought to northern Dalmatia shortly after
the end of Ottoman rule, while the Morean War (1684–1699) was still in full flow.
They are followed by numismatic finds from a much later period. Two specimens are
associated with historical events related to northern Dalmatia and Egypt. One was
minted for Sultan Selim III (1789–1807), and the second for Sultan Abdul Hamid
II (1876–1909). The first can be related to the French intervention in Egypt in 1798,
and the second with refugees fleeing from Dugi Otok to El Shatt in 1944–1945.
Keywords
akçes; mangirs; Ottoman Empire coins; northern Dalmatia
Hrčak ID:
288159
URI
Publication date:
22.12.2022.
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