Regarding an Akçe from a Coin Hoard near Tutrakantsi Village, Provadia Region

In 1986, a coin hoard was discovered in the Katrandzhiyata Locality, 2.5–3 km west of the Provadian village of Tutrakantsi. The coins were subsequently scattered among the population of the village. The European coins in the preserved part of the hoard, which was published by Lachezar Lazarov, number six in total, and those of Ottoman origin comprise 309 coins. The latest European coin is a French issue of Louis XIV from 1660, and the latest Ottoman examples are of Sultan Mehmed IV (1648–1687). Among the published Ottoman coins is a curious akçe, which is included in a group containing a total of 22 coins of Sultan Mehmed IV with illegible or missing mints. In the present article the author identifies the coin as an akçe stroked at the mint of Dimashk – modern-day Damascus, Syria. Thus, the information about the hoard is corrected and supplemented.