The sultani () was an Ottoman gold coin. It was first minted in 1477âÂÂ78 during the reign of Mehmed II (r. 1451âÂÂ1481), following the Venetian ducat standard, weighing about . The sultani is the classic Ottoman gold coin also known generically as altñn (, "gold").
Although different currency systems were used for different parts of the Ottoman Empire, for symbolic and economic reasons, the sultani was the empire's only gold coin during the sixteenth century.