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Two coins from Central Asia // Identification help

Started by cam, May 02, 2018, 04:42:21 PM

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cam

Gentlemen,

I would appreciate any help with the identification of these two coins. I believe that both are from Central Asia but the particular country, year and ruler are unknown.

1. With something that looks like a star: weight 2.75 g, diameter 16 mm
2. With Arabic text and date: weight 2.4 g, diameter 17 mm

Thanks a lot!
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saro

2nd coin : Khwarezm / Sayyid Muhammad Rahim Khan II (1282-1328 AH) / dated 1311 AH
For the description of the legends, please refer to this post
"All I know is that I know nothing" (Socrates)

cam

Quote from: saro on May 09, 2018, 08:34:09 AM
2nd coin : Kharezm / Sayyid Muhammad Rahim Khan II (1282-1328 AH) / dated 1311 AH
For the description of the legends, please refer to this post

Oh, thanks! I've added Peter's coin to the CoinBrothers catalog about a year ago (https://coin-brothers.com/catalog/coin3154) and now I've got it by a very strange coincidence. Life is full of surprises.

Any ideas about the second coin? Some experts think that it is an imitation of the Bukhara Tenga. The seller in his turn is sure that it is a Kokand Tenga, Muhammad Ali Khan, 1241AH (1825). But he is not capable to show any of this info on the coin.
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saro

Sorry, no idea for the upper coin  :-\

Here a rare photo of the ruler Sayyid Muhammad Rahim Khan
"All I know is that I know nothing" (Socrates)

Figleaf

I think the first one is overstruck. The host (?) originally showed a five-pointed star. The overstrike might be Aq Koyunlu, perhaps?

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.