ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Sulayman I Qanuni ('the Lawgiver'), AH 926-974 / AD 1520-1566. Sultani (Gold, 20 mm, 3.46 g, 12 h), Qustantaniyya (Constantinople), AH 926 = AD 1520. Within a circle, ‘ḍārib al-naḍr / ṣāḥib al-ʿizz wa al-naṣr / fī al-barr wa al-baḥr’ (‘Gold striker, owner of glory and victory, in the land and sea’ in Arabic). Rev. Within a circle, ‘Sulṭān Sulaymān Shāh / ibn Sulṭān Salīm Shāh / ʿazza naṣruhū ḍuriba fī / Qusṭanṭaniyya / sana / 926’ (‘Sultan Sulayman Shah son of Sultan Salim Shah. May his victory be honoured! Struck in Qustantaniyya, year 926’ in Arabic). Album 1317. The flan slightly wavy and with a few light nicks, otherwise, very fine.