Silver cob, castle and lion

[Tuberale]

I believe this is silver and about the diameter of a dime (photographed with a silver dime), with only half the thickness of a dime. (see photo silver6edge)

Photo silver6 seems to show a rearing lion facing left surrounded by a circle of dots. I can see several letters separated by dots on the right and lower right of the cob: I (dot) DE (dot) E? B? G? something.

Photo silver6a shows an enlarged castle with 3 turrets partially surrounded by dots. There seems to be a block letter M or N at 3, and what looks like a T at 4.

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[Mackaydon]

Spanish maravedis; maybe a '2'; guessing along these lines:
http://www.arminius-numismatics.com/...um=180&pos=109

Don..

[Tuberale]

Looks promising, Mackaydon! The 4 maravedis shown in your url seems to be too big and weighs 3.09grams, which is two (too?) much. A 2 maravedis (did they make those?) would be a near-perfect fit I think, if they weighed 1.54 or 1.55 grams. I'll try searching for 2 maravedis and weight, and see what pops up.

[Trez]

Follow the link...
Choose and open Felipe II and scan over page until you see the highlighted word in blue "aqui" this will open up many great photos of Maravedis...
I consider this site to be one of the best if not thee best.
It will provide you info and examples of all you seek...
Enjoy....

http://www.maravedis.org/espa%F1a.html

Trez

[Mackaydon]

Maravedis were minted in 1,2, 4 and 8 denominations.
Here's a '1' weighing less than a gram:
http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotvie...29392cd6f18254

[Tuberale]

Thanks to both mackaydon and Tnez.

@mackaydon: Looks like a very good match to one of the thin coins I have, barely more than silver foil.

@Tnez: will look that website over ASAP. Thanks for posting!