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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Robidoux Pass, post: 3520618, member: 96691&quot;]I would read the second half of the mint as SERT.&nbsp; The only city I can think of with that name is Sirte in Libya (birthplace of Moammar Qaddafi). I&#039;m not aware of a mint name of Abu Sirte.</p><p><br /></p><p>The denomination is indicated as 10 Qirsh.&nbsp; The accession year is 1223 and Mahmud II was in power for 32 years; the year could start with a &quot;2&quot; or &quot;3&quot; and end with a &quot;1&quot; or &quot;6&quot;; for example, 31.</p><p><br /></p><p>The inscription, especially the toughra, is very crude and simple and indicates an imitation. </p><p><br /></p><p>At first, I considered it light but for a silver coin of that small diameter, it could weigh only 0.64 g. </p><p><br /></p><p>My first guess is that the item is an imitation made in Egypt, in large part from the existence of the counter stamps.&nbsp; The Egyptians did use the cat as a mark on their imitation pieces.&nbsp; As such it indeed may be silver with the first stamp reading &quot;60&quot; and indicating 60% silver.&nbsp; The last stamp would be a code indicating the date of striking.&nbsp; The hole would enable it to be worn as a piece of jewelry.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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