Unknown arabic or indian silver coin [solved]

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Help with id please. Silver? 1.4/5cm
very nice indeed :love:
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Quote: "Frenchlover"​very nice indeed :love:
​thank you I really like it too
Afghanistan - Abdur Rahman, Kabul mint.
The weight will help you determine the exact denomination.
Here's a Rupee of the same type https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces75413.html
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Quote: "Parimal"​Afghanistan - Abdur Rahman, Kabul mint.
​The weight will help you determine the exact denomination.
​Here's a Rupee of the same type https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces75413.html
​The weight is only around 1.5g i cant find any coin like this in the numista list.
It must be this coin: Afghanistan, 1/3 Rupee, KM# 541 (this coin is not yet in our catalog, so please add your beautiful coin):



Unfortunately there's no weight in Krause. The similar Rupee Parimal showed is around 9 g. so I would have assumed a 1/3 Rupee would be around 3 g. Anyway, the diameter fits perfectly for the 1/3 Rupee. Maybe Parimal can shine a light about the weight of fractional Rupees?


Here are cropped pictures you can use to add this type to our catalog.
The date should be on the obverse in the lower left corner, partly off flan. It can only be AH1297 or AH1298 so I believe it's AH1298 but hopefully Parimal can confirm (or deny) this.
I am not much aware of the fractional coinage of Afghanistan. Ideally a Rupee is 11.5-11.6 grams weight, so the weight 1.5gm looks more close to 1/8 Rupee.
The date is most likely to be AH1298
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Status changed to Solved (erik.edel, 31 Mar 2022, 15:50)
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