Megalochori Lesbos / Μεγαλοχώρι Λέσβος
Local Issue
Countermarked Coin of the Ottoman Empire

5 Para AE 23

SHH 6452

Obverse G 12-12

Reverse

Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference Provenance

2.46 g   22.9-23.0 mm   12:00 o'clock   M / CM VF Tuğrâ of Abd el-Mecîd; [mint mark and regnal year ?? below]. Denomination [5] Pa; inscription around with accession year 1277 AH in lower part Obv. 1x CM: Hourmouziadis G 12-12 = Μ(εγαλο)Χ(ώρι)                    MacKenzie cf. GRK 12/05 Rev. --- Original coin Krause & Mishler 666. Kostantiniye mint Ex Münz Zentrum Rheinland (MZR) 174/2527, 2.9.2015