Can Someone Tell Me What This Coin Is?

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za3boora New Member Kuwait 2 Posts	Posted 11/12/2010 3:18 pm can anyone help me identify this coin? Moved to Medals forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16816 Posts	Posted 11/12/2010 7:00 pm It's not a coin, but a religious medal. Islamic, by the Arabic/Persian writing, and most likely Shi'ite; the writing looks Persian in style, and Sunni Muslims traditionally interpret the prohibition of "graven images" to extend to medals like this. I couldn't find this exact medal on zeno.ru, but this one is somewhat similar in style. Such medals would be given to pilgrims on the Hajj, as a "good luck charm" and as a reminder of their faith. 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
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 11/12/2010 7:21 pm Definitely not Arabic...think its Persian Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 11/13/2010 02:25 am The Baha'i faith started in Iran, could this be a temple token from there? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16816 Posts	Posted 11/13/2010 06:02 am I would expect a Baha'i religious medal to have Baha'i symbolism on it. But I don't know, because there aren't any Baha'i medals listed on Zeno.ru. Being a persecuted religion, I doubt its followers would be in the habit of carrying incriminating evidence of "heresy" around with them. The inscription on the reverse of this medal reads something like "al-razzan hurasa". 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
za3boora New Member Kuwait 2 Posts	Posted 11/13/2010 2:45 pm thank you for all the info Report this Post to the Staff
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