Mystery Byzantines - or Somewhere Else -

Well, lets get the orientation correct:

 

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The orientation is now correct. I can read: Struck in Aleppo. Hope I'm right.

 

I think so. The date is 1058 (١٠٥٨), which is what must have been taken as Greek letters. Looks like a beshlyk(?) of Mehmed IV. What is the weight?

https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=92737

 

sorry - 2.03 grams - you people are amazing!

 

I take that it isn't 1058 AD

 

1058 AH in the Hijri calendar is equivalent to 1648 AD in the Gregorian calendar...

 

Yep, 1648. It's a rather rare coin, apparently. Album doesn't mention Halab for this type and there are only a couple of examples on Zeno.

 

Actually, it's probably an onluk (10 akches), rather than a beshlik (5 akches). Album gives the theoretical weight of the onluk at 2.8g and the beshlik at 1.4g. He lists Halab (Aleppo) as a mint for the onluk, Album 1385 (R). Only two examples of this tughra type are listed on Zeno. One at 1.03g is deemed a beshlik and one at 2.62g is catalogued as an onluk.

 

Any guesses? I have searched diligently through Wildwinds but cannnot find anything like it with that "P" inscription

 

Unfortunately not. I have never seen this particular type anywhere, so its anyone's guess at the moment...

 

Andronicus III Palaeologus 1328-1341 AE trachy Thessalonica . SBCV 2484