Civic copper of Hamadan with two birds

[Manzikert]

Bought this at a coin fair on Friday, but I'm uncertain about the origin:

Fals, two birds chest to chest, heads turned backwards, 4.74 gm, 18.5 mm

I've looked in Valentine, etc, but no luck. Any suggestions gratefully recieved.

Alan

[capnbirdseye]

You forgot to add the photo 

[Manzikert]

Stupid of me, the memory is really going

Alan

[capnbirdseye]

My first thought on seeing the photo was Valentine p.121/59  Caucasia which has a similar Obv but that's a shot in the dark i think but worth looking into

[saro]

my best guess : a copper of Ardabil mint ...

[saro]

The mint is not Ardabil but Hamadan...
A similar coin is shown on Zeno, see here

[capnbirdseye]

The mint is not Ardabil but Hamadan...
A similar coin is shown on Zeno, see here

Well done Bernard !
nice coins on the link from zeno to the Persic website but shockingly high prices 

[Manzikert]

Thank you very much for that Bernard.

As Vic says, fearful prices for what seem very standard overstruck Afghani pieces. It took me a while to spot my piece, with the obverse being upside down in their picture

Alan

[saro]

At first, it is very difficult to decipher the mintname at top; thing is easier with the help of the zeno examplar ...