Mystery Coin (If That's What It Is) With Arabic Inscription (Id: Half Qirsh From Hejaz Saudi Arabia)

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pdg Valued Member New Zealand 89 Posts	Posted 03/08/2020 05:14 am Hi there - can anyone help identify this coin (if that's what it is). It is small (18mm), I'm guessing bronze, and crudely struck or cast. If it was a coin usually I'd at least be able to make out a date but I can't see any numerals, hence my doubts. I don't know where to start looking with this one. Many thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34464 Posts	Posted 03/08/2020 07:10 am Based on the diameter, I think that this is a Half Qirsh from Hejaz (Saudi Arabia). Added: the coinoscope app nailed this one first try. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 03/08/2020 2:32 pm I can confirm the denomination. The inscription at center in the first image reads nisf / qirsh ("half qirsh"). Report this Post to the Staff
pdg Valued Member New Zealand 89 Posts	Posted 03/09/2020 02:50 am Kushanshah, Spence, your knowledge - and your willingness to share it - is amazing. I'm pretty excited to have a Hejaz coin; I once read TE Lawrence's (Lawrence of Arabia) account of helping free the Hejaz from Ottoman rule, and have been interested in the area ever since. Didn't think I'd find a Hejaz coin in New Zealand... As an aside, I was initially puzzled about how a Hejaz coin got here, but this country is awash in Egyptian and Middle Eastern coins of a similar era, brought back by New Zealand soldiers after WWI and WWII. Maybe it took the same roue. Edited by pdg 03/09/2020 03:18 am Report this Post to the Staff
pdg Valued Member New Zealand 89 Posts	Posted 03/09/2020 02:51 am ... and I'd never heard of the coinoscope. I have a few more mystery coins so I'll give it a try... Thanks! Edited by pdg 03/09/2020 02:52 am Report this Post to the Staff
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