WHM 75
- WHM 75
- Ottoman
- Medal
- Muhammad II The Conqueror (1451-1481 AD)
- after 1461 AD, or maybe in 1481 AD
- Copper alloy
- Cast
- Circular
- 84.50mm
- 143.61g
- Hill 1202 (Silver)
- Wadih Hadad Collection (Beirut), bought from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & co. KG, E-live Auction 289, lot 1509.
- 2017-03-17
- Turkey. Muhammad II conquered Constantinople on the 29th of May 1453 AD ending thus the Byzantine Empire and transforming the Hagia Sophia to his main mosque. He successfully annexed Anatolia, the Black Sea and the Balkans. This medal was probably produced after the conquest of Trebizond (1461 AD) or after the death of Muhammad II. (1481 AD). The engraver may not have been Jean Tricaudet of Silongey whose name appear on the obverse, but another member of his family signing in his name.
MAGNVS . PRINCEPS . ET . MAGNVS . AMIRAS . SVLTANVS . DNS . MEHOMET
Turbaned bust of Muhammad II to left, wearing ornamented kaftan.
+ IEhAN TRIEAVDET DE SELONGEY A FEYT FAIRE CESTE PIECE (from right, downward)
Three eagle heads within a circle