Mughal billon coin? [solved]

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I've been trying to ID this coin for a while, so I think it's time to ask for some help. It's a pinkish-silver colour, so it looks like billon. It's 16 mm in diameter, and over 5 mm thick, weighing 9.1 grams. The best guesses I've come up with is that this is a Mughal coin, maybe from Gujarat, maybe from Delhi.

Any information or inscription readings would be appreciated.
Yes, looks like Delhi
Non est totum quod splendet ut aurum
Rijkdom bestaat niet uit het hebben van veel bezittingen, maar in het hebben van weinig behoeften
Thank you, that was the push I needed. It's a billon tanka of Firuz Shah III Tughluq:

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces77730.html[/s]

Does anyone see a date on this little guy? I can't.

Edit: Not Firuz after all... I'm glad. I don't have to do any perceptual contortions to make myself see it's Lodi.
The coin is of Sikandar Shah Lodi from Delhi Sultanate.
It is similar to GG# D705 but with different legend style.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces96631.html
The date is off flan.

See Sikandar Shah Lodi's coins at link below
http://www.chiefacoins.com/Database/Countries/Sultanate_of_Delhi.htm
The 3rd coin in that list is the style of your coin
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Perfect, thanks a lot.
Is the date AH 918?
Non est totum quod splendet ut aurum
Rijkdom bestaat niet uit het hebben van veel bezittingen, maar in het hebben van weinig behoeften
I see what you do, but that, I think, is just the end of the obverse legend. The date ought to be on the reverse just off the flan at the bottom, if it's like the other examples I'm looking at.

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