Akce - Ala al-Din 'Ali 'type EA with lillah in eye-shaped frame added to the obverse, incorporating the countermark'

The Eretna beylik occupied an awkward political position in post-Mongol Anatolia — nominally subordinate to the Ilkhanate, then briefly to the Mamluk sphere, before asserting its own authority under Ala al-Din Ali in the 1360s. This piece reflects that tension directly. The incorporation of the countermark into the die itself, rather than applied post-striking, suggests a deliberate administrative decision to legitimize a previously ad hoc monetary fix — someone in the mint hierarchy chose permanence over expediency.

The lillah addition in an eye-shaped frame is a rare formalization. Zeno 25298 documents the type with very few parallels recorded.