Two Sea-Creatures Clutching Flags - Possibly From An Indian Native State

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cheapandcommon New Member Australia 11 Posts	Posted 03/06/2018 06:17 am I could be wrong about the "sea" part. The reverse has seven dots arranged in a circle, which could be a mint-mark, plus some text which may strike a chord with someone knowledgeable. I haven't seen a coin like this in any book. I do have another coin of the same size with the two figures on one side and a very different text on the other. I can post it to-morrow. - diameter: 19 millimetres - depth of planchet: 5 millimetres - weight: 10 grammes - material: copper * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

paxbrit Pillar of the Community United States 992 Posts	Posted 03/06/2018 11:37 am Could be from Awadh in India, the Wajid Ali Shah issues of the 1850's. The Arabic would be Eastern Arabic script, if so. Now you know the limit of my knowledge of this, hopefully another will have more information. Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 03/06/2018 4:32 pm Wajid Ali: Indeed very close! https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=47302 https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=128414 But between the two vertical lines between the creatures, is different My feeling is for an earlier date Report this Post to the Staff
cheapandcommon New Member Australia 11 Posts	Posted 03/06/2018 11:12 pm Many thanks to you both for your identification. It's a great delight when a long-standing mystery is solved. There is I find a most interesting Wikipedia article about Awadh, which includes a photograph of a similar coin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awadh And here is my second example, the same size and weight as the first. The crossed lines at the bottom can now be seen to derive from the crossed swords at the bottom of the Zeno rupee. There could be numerals on the right-hand side of the reverse? Report this Post to the Staff
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