Ancient and Medieval Coin Identification Help / Re: 5 Para Mahmud I, 1 Para Selim III
« Last post by Jan P on Today at 04:57:16 am »These are much better. Now I see it is a bracteate, struck one-sided on a very thin flan. What one sees on the reverse is the mirrored obverse.
I wonder if this is a genuine coin. It may be just belly money, which dancers attach to their clothing.
I'll see if I can find any genuine bracteate Ottoman coinage.