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India Mughal Empire Coins Dating Help.

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One of the Mughal coins I picked up. Just a quick question, how do you go about dating these please?

18 mm & 4.73 grams

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I see a "12.." - that should help narrow it down.
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how do you go about dating these please?


I see a "12.."

Keep reading - there's two more numbers there, giving you the full date: "1281". 1281 in the Islamic calendar converts to roughly AD 1864/5. Which in turn means that it's not actually Mughal. It's from either Iran or Afghanistan, I suspect.
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Thank you for the pointer on that, I think I need my eyes testing!
I have another similar coin, slightly larger that I will post for help with.
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To help ID, please specify apparent metal (silver or bronze). My guess is Iran, but I didn't see a match in a quick Zeno search.
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The coin is silver
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I would also guess Iran as the weight seems to fit a qiran/kran better than some fraction of a rupee?
But I also came up blank over on Numista.

I would think that flower at the left would be recognizable.
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