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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2539913, member: 56859&quot;]Here&#039;s a mystery &quot;coin&quot; I posted just a day or two ago in another thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is not the type of thing I collect.&nbsp; A local jewelry store that has many nice Greek and Roman coins set into pendants and rings usually has a few grungy and inexpensive unset coins for sale.&nbsp; This object was there for the last several visits.&nbsp; I felt sorry for the poor thing and brought it home <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>The patina looks like lead and it is heavy for its size (16.5 gm, 20x22 mm, 3.5-8 mm thick) , therefore I guess it is lead.</li> <li>I thought it might be a seal, bulla, or tessera.&nbsp; Further investigation showed that I really have no idea what those words mean <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></li> <li>Could it be a test strike of a coin?</li> <li>The squiggly script leads me to believe it is Islamic.</li> <li>One side has a border of 5-pointed stars.&nbsp; I don&#039;t recall seeing stars in lieu of dotted borders on ancient coins.&nbsp; My gut feeling is that this object is modern, or at least not ancient and maybe not even medieval.</li> <li>I am utterly lost when trying to understand Arabic script.</li> <li>Apparently I never bookmarked any of the various references and links provided by CoinTalk members who collect such things.</li> <li>So far, I&#039;ve searched the usual archives without finding anything similar, possibly because those archives are for ancient coins and this may not be ancient.</li> <li>Google Image searches for various combinations of &quot;lead, PB, tessera, seal, bulla, Islamic, Arabic&quot; haven&#039;t yielded anything that looks similar.</li> <li>7Calbrey tried his hand and translating the script and thinks one side may include the name &quot;Izmir&quot; and the other side the name &quot;Timbako&quot;.&nbsp; So far, various searches for those names/words haven&#039;t been fruitful.</li> </ul><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/unknownislamicleadseal-rotated-jpg.543670/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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