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Any help would be duly appreciated ...

Metal: brass, bronze or other copper alloy .
Ø : 20.7 x 22.9mm
Weight: 5.11 grams
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This is a tough one. Doing a Zeno search of coins 5.0-5.4 grams and 20-24 mm gave some that look similar in some aspects. The closest one I saw is this Abbasid one

https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=180622

Perhaps with the coin in hand you can see if this one appears to be a match.

There's another Abbasid one with some similarities

https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=45698

There is also an Ilkhan coin that has some similarities on one side

https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=142866

However, similarities are to be expected because a lot of Islamic coins have similar professions of faith or descriptions of the ruler.

Hopefully someone who can read Arabic and knows Islamic coins better can offer more information on your coin.
Quote: "Seeker55"​Hopefully someone who can read Arabic and knows Islamic coins better can offer more information on your coin.

​Thank you. At least it's a good start, and more than what I had ...
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