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christos65
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Please help me identify this coin. Thank you very much.!!

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indeed strange, but nice
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Could you provide a diameter and weight? Either one of those may help to identify this coin.
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christos65
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Thanks for replying.

The weight is 4.2 g and the diameter 2.7 cm.
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Try a google search for images with these search arguments: Ghaznavid, Mahmud of Ghazni, Silver dirhem

I think some of the coins in the result have similar script on them. Very old coin from India?
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Sanskrit legend on one side and arabic on the other?
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