Can't Identify A Thin Bronze Coin From India (Correction: Islamic)

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Seeker55 Pillar of the Community United States 635 Posts	Posted 03/20/2018 5:57 pm This bronze coin from India weighs 2.24 g and has a diameter of 20.6. It's unusually thin, with a thickness of just 1.5 mm. My best pictures of this are a scan of one side and photo of the other, given below. I don't recognize the type or even the script (so I'm not sure I have it the legend the right way up), and have posted this in the world coins section because I can't tell if it's from before 1600 AD or after. Will appreciate any ideas on this one. Edited by Seeker55 03/21/2018 10:45 am Report this Post to the Staff

coinworldtv Pillar of the Community Austria 566 Posts	Posted 03/20/2018 7:17 pm Does not seem Indian to me. This must be some Islamic piece. Report this Post to the Staff
coinworldtv Pillar of the Community Austria 566 Posts	Posted 03/20/2018 7:18 pm It seems to be a some sort of a dirhem or fals, it is upside-down by the way. Report this Post to the Staff
Seeker55 Pillar of the Community United States 635 Posts	Posted 03/20/2018 11:42 pm Yes, I agree it's Islamic. Very simple design. Here are the photos turned 180 degrees. Report this Post to the Staff
Seeker55 Pillar of the Community United States 635 Posts	Posted 03/21/2018 10:31 am Thank you for the assistance. IDENTIFIED: After looking through a lot of photos on Zeno of Islamic coins of the right size and weight, found a match at https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=174436. This is a fals of Munajah, the Abbasid Governor of Tarsus in Cilicia, ca. 850-950 AD. Matches https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=174436 Here's the coin from Zeno with partial attribution And here's another one with more complete attribution https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/da...Default.aspx Edited by Seeker55 03/21/2018 10:45 am Report this Post to the Staff
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