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Message:: [QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 8071978, member: 102103"]This one took me a little searching as the reverse is too worn to make out most of the text.  25 mm, 4.52 g, probably bronze.  Front has "١٣٠٨" (1308) in Arabic.A custom <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=1308&ct=coin&im1=&im2=&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&cat=y&ru=&ca=3&no=&v=&i=&b=&d=&u=&a=&dg=&m=np&f=&t=25&w=&mt=&g=&se=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=1308&ct=coin&im1=&im2=&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&cat=y&ru=&ca=3&no=&v=&i=&b=&d=&u=&a=&dg=&m=np&f=&t=25&w=&mt=&g=&se=" rel="nofollow">Numista search</a> with the composition, diameter and "1308" narrowed it down to 3 possibilities, so it appears to be a: Tunisia, <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3649.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3649.html" rel="nofollow">5 Centimes</a>, 1308 AH = 1891, Ali IIIFunnily, the worn off part of the reverse was all in French, and would have made it trivial to ID:  "TUNISIE 5 CENTIMES 1891 A" (Paris)[ATTACH=full]1400388[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]