GREECE MEDIEVAL,OTTOMAN EMPIRE,CAPPADOCIA 5 PARA BUST OF THE VIRGIN MARY WITHIN A BEADED CROSS,,LATE C19th,INCUSE MIRROR OF OBVERSE,GELVERI (MODERN GUZELYURT),St.GREGORY THEOLOGUS CHURCH,BRACTEATE BRASS TOKEN At the end of 19th century, due to the lack of "small coins" in the Ottoman empire, many towns and individuals struck their own tokens just for local use. In Kelveri, a town in the area of Aksaray, the greek population struck their tokens, just for use in the town's church of St. Gregory. These tokens were equivalent to 5, 10 and 20 Paras. |