Posted 07/20/2011 6:10 pm
There wasn't an "Islamic Empire" in 900-1000 AD, and Arabic/Persian/Farsi script 1000 years ago looked different to this, so I think whoever wrote that on the 2x2 was just making things up. As you've probably determined from your researches, the 'Abbasid Caliphate was the closest thing there was to an "Islamic Empire" at the time, and their coins typically looked like this in 900-1000 AD.
Your coin certainly looks "Indian", and half a gram sounds about right for a 1/16th rupee. But fractional rupees were usually struck using the same dies as full rupees, so they typically look like this, with most of their design missing.
If this were a European coin, I'd probably say it was play money. But I've never heard of anyone making miniature replica Indian coins.
A pic of the other side might help. Your original pic's been over-written by a pic of some kind of clipped edge.
Your coin certainly looks "Indian", and half a gram sounds about right for a 1/16th rupee. But fractional rupees were usually struck using the same dies as full rupees, so they typically look like this, with most of their design missing.
If this were a European coin, I'd probably say it was play money. But I've never heard of anyone making miniature replica Indian coins.
A pic of the other side might help. Your original pic's been over-written by a pic of some kind of clipped edge.
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