LOT OF 4 SMALL SILVER AKCE FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE_______15th - 17th Centuries

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FRASCATIUS ANCIENTS
4 BEAUTIFUL SILVER AKCE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE MINTED IN THE 15TH TO 17TH CENTURIES AD .
THE 4 SILVER COINS IN THE PHOTO ARE THE EXACT 4 SILVER COINS YOU WILL RECEIVE.
DAILY WAGES FOR WORKERS IN THE 16TH CENTURY OTTOMAN EMPIRE RANGED FROM 5 TO 15 AKCES. THE AKCE WAS EVERYDAY SPEDNING MONEY FOR AN OTTOMAN FAMILY.
The leader of the Ottoman Empire was called the Sultan. The title of Sultan was inherited by the eldest son. When a new Sultan took power he would put all of his brothers into prison. Once he had a son of his own to inherit the throne, he would have his brothers executed.
The Sultan and his many wives lived in the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. The Sultan would move to a different room in the palace every night because he was scared of being assassinated.
THE SIZES FOR THIS LOT RANGE FROM ABOUT 11 - 12 MM AND 0.3 - 0.4 GRAMS.
OBVERSE - Arabic script w/mint names,family titles
REVERSE - Arabic script w/dates and declaration of faith
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
The Ottoman Empire was created by Turkish tribes in Anatolia (Asia Minor) and grew to be one of the most powerful states in the world during the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. The Ottoman period spanned more than 600 years and came to an end only in 1922, when it was replaced by the Turkish Republic and various successor states in southeastern Europe and the Middle East. At its height the empire encompassed most of southeastern Europe to the gates of Vienna, including present-day Hungary, the Balkan region, Greece, and parts of Ukraine; portions of the Middle East now occupied by Iraq, Syria, Israel, and Egypt; North Africa as far west as Algeria; and large parts of the Arabian Peninsula.
During the 16th and 17th centuries, at the height of its power under the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire was a multinational, multilingual empire controlling most of Southeast Europe, parts of Central Europe, Western Asia, parts of Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, North Africa and the Horn of Africa. At the beginning of the 17th century, the empire contained 32 provinces and numerous vassal states. Some of these were later absorbed into the Ottoman Empire, while others were granted various types of autonomy during the course of centuries.
With Constantinople as its capital and control of lands around the Mediterranean basin, the Ottoman Empire was at the center of interactions between the Eastern and Western worlds for six centuries. The empire continued to maintain a flexible and strong economy, society and military throughout the 17th and much of the 18th century.
SEIGE OF MALTA IN 1565
Ottoman forces invaded and captured the island of Rhodes in 1522, after two previous failed attempts. The Knights of Saint John were banished to Malta, which was in turn besieged in 1565.
After a siege of three months, the Ottoman army failed to control all of the Maltese forts. Delaying the Ottomans until bad weather conditions and the arrival of Sicilian reinforcements, made Ottoman commander Mustafa Pasha quit the siege.
Around 22,000 to 48,000 Ottoman troops against 6,000 to 8,500 Maltese troops, the Ottomans failed to conquer Malta, sustaining more than 25,000 losses, including one of the greatest Muslim corsair generals of the time, Dragut, and were repulsed. Had Malta fallen, Sicily and mainland Italy could have fallen under the threat of an Ottoman invasion.
The victory of Malta during this event, which is nowadays known as the Great Siege of Malta, turned the tide and gave Europe hopes and motivation. It also marked the importance of the Knights of Saint John and their relevant presence in Malta to aid Christendom in its defense against the Muslim conquest.
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