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yiorgos131313 Valued Member Greece 259 Posts	Posted 03/03/2014 2:47 pm some help with this one ,, thanks http://s14.directupload.net/images/...3rcj97jz.jpg Report this Post to the Staff

ASLAN TVorlon Pillar of the Community United States 1234 Posts	Posted 03/03/2014 6:21 pm ONE side of a coin is not enough... of the other side 1339 AH 1919 AD... maybe I'm guessing middle eastern Indian ocean area, the European style ship is throwing me off thou. Report this Post to the Staff
allranger Pillar of the Community United States 1391 Posts	Posted 03/03/2014 6:34 pm Coins from Kuwait have a mild resemblance to the design. The metal blot at the top makes me think it was a medallion or a pendant and the ring was broken off. Report this Post to the Staff
nalaberong Pillar of the Community Canada 2805 Posts	Posted 03/03/2014 8:45 pm This looks like no coin I'm familiar with. Probably a token or medallion. Report this Post to the Staff
yiorgos131313 Valued Member Greece 259 Posts	Posted 03/04/2014 01:01 am thankw everyone for your help herew the other side Report this Post to the Staff
thai-vic Pillar of the Community Thailand 1509 Posts	Posted 03/04/2014 02:44 am Hi yiorgos and welcome to the community. A fascinating medallion and here is my very wild guess. Simone Boccanegra was elected the first lifetime Doge of Genoa, Italy in 1339AD. Genoa was a very important port at that time hence the ship and the headdress on the portrait does look Italian in style. But I don't know why the date should be written in Arabic numbers. Report this Post to the Staff
yiorgos131313 Valued Member Greece 259 Posts	Posted 03/05/2014 12:56 am anyone Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16834 Posts	Posted 03/05/2014 01:27 am It's not a coin, as others have stated. Exactly what it is is uncertain, and perhaps unknowable. The Arabic script to the left of the ship is as badly drawn as the ship is; I suspect whoever made it did not actually know how to read Arabic. The broken-off loop indicates to me it was at one stage a medallion; perhaps it was made as a piece of jewellery. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
yiorgos131313 Valued Member Greece 259 Posts	Posted 03/05/2014 03:10 am thank you very much for your help I am trying to put all the Info together to find out whwt this is , thanks everyone Report this Post to the Staff
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