Please Help Identificatate Unknown Arabic Token

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Newember 2017 Valued Member Ukraine 53 Posts	Posted 02/03/2020 08:20 am Hello everybody! Please tell me what is this Arab token? The inscription repeating word in arabic, under the bird is some number, 128, or 138. What does this mean, why is it made? Waiting for your ideas! I couldn't find anywhere https://newauction.com.ua/offer/zhe...4209132.html Report this Post to the Staff

Newember 2017 Valued Member Ukraine 53 Posts	Posted 02/14/2020 08:21 am Report this Post to the Staff
Newember 2017 Valued Member Ukraine 53 Posts	Posted 02/14/2020 08:23 am Add photos. The diameter is almost 38 mm, the weight is almost 20 grams. It looks like brass. A word is repeated in a circle, in the center it is also. Can anyone read? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16809 Posts	Posted 02/16/2020 07:27 am It is a "magic token" from South-East Asia (Indonesia/Malaysia area), where orthodox Islamic belief is often mixed up with various local customs and superstitions (much to the annoyance of the local imams). One of those superstitions is that the Arabic word "Yasin" (taken from the Quran, the enigmatic first word of the 36th Sura), when repeated seven times, will bring good fortune / Allah's blessing. "Seven Yasins" medals are quite commonly made and sold as the Islamic equivalent of lucky charms. The number "138" is either a meaningless random number, or perhaps linked to Arabic numerology. I do not know what the bird represents; perhaps the dove from Noah's Ark? Here is the zeno.ru database page of Southeast Asian Islamic magic coins. Your specific coin is not shown, but several similar types are. 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
Newember 2017 Valued Member Ukraine 53 Posts	Posted 02/16/2020 09:34 am Thank you very much for clarifying such a difficult question! It's very interesting what kind of token it is (for me this is something new, the token doesn't look like anything I have seen before) The main thing is that I managed to attack the trail. I'll try to search, maybe something more can be found. I don't think that there's an exact explanation of what kind of bird it is, one can only guess .. Maybe the dove of Noah, but the bird doesn't look like a dove=)) The number probably means something in their numerology. But this isn't so important. Report this Post to the Staff
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