WHM 76
- WHM 76
- Ottoman
- Medal
- Muhammad II The Conqueror (1451-1481 AD)
- c. 1450-1460 AD
- Lead
- Cast
- Circular
- 61.74 mm
- 78.09g
- Voltolina 49.
- Wadih Hadad Collection (Beirut), bought from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & co. KG, E-live Auction 289, lot 1510
- 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.
MAGNVS . 7 . ADMIRATVS . SOLOANVS . MACOMET . BEI. (Great Emir and Sultan Mehmed Beg)
Turbaned bust of Muhammad II to left.
Naked river god reclining on his right hand and holding a torch in a rocky setting, in front of a tower.