Ottoman Empire. Sulayman I Qanuni ('the Lawgiver'), AH 926-974 / AD 1520-1566. Sultani (Gold, 20 mm, 3.53 g), Zabid, AH 947 = AD 1540/1. Within a circle, in three lines: al-nuṣrat li-llāh ḍuriba / ṣāḥib al-ʿizz wa-l-nuṣrat / fī-l-barr-i wa-l-baḥr (‘Victory belongs to God. Struck by the possessor of glory and victory on land and sea’ in Arabic). Rev. Within a circle, in four lines: Sulṭān Sulaymān Shāh / ibn-i Sulṭān Salīm Shāh / ʿazza naṣruhū ḍuriba fī / Zabīd sana 947 (‘Sultan Süleyman Shah / son of Sultan Selim Shah / may his victory be glorified, struck at / Zabid in the year 947’ in Arabic). Star to left. Album 1118. Damali S. 745: 10-ZB-A1-947. Rare. Some scrapes on the obverse, otherwise, extremely fine.