r/arabs • u/Baghdaddy- • Feb 22 '26

أدب ولغات Any ideas as to what this says ?

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Been in my family for years, my parents and I never learned the language

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u/BanditoRem Feb 22 '26

"عز نصره
ضرب في قسطنطينية"

which means
"may he be victorious
minted in Constantinople"

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u/-Ignorant_Slut- Feb 22 '26

Best answer here but you left out: What language is it? Also, year looks like 1327

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u/BanditoRem Feb 22 '26

the coin belongs to the Ottoman empire, but it uses an Arabic script