ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Anonymous. Mangir (Bronze, 19 mm, 3.09 g), Arzanjan (Erzincan), 15th-17th century. ‘Arzanjān’ (‘Erzincan’ in Arabic) surrounded by floral designs. Rev. Geometric and floral designs. Album 1390M. Some deposits and brushed, otherwise, very fine.


Marco Polo visited Arzanjan (modern Erzincan) less than a century after this coin was issued, reporting that the 'the people [of Arzanjan] are Armenians', and that Arzanjan was the 'noblest of cities' and the See of an Armenian Archbishop.