Silver dirham with lion (but no sun face)

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Hello,
Can anyone help me identify this piece? It may be Seljuk like another dirham I made a post about, but I’m not certain. The obverse symbols seem to be a lion and possibly a severed head. Any clues?

diameter: 23mm
thickness: 0.7mm
weight: 2.36g


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Might also possibly be Mamluk. It is somewhat similar in style and weight, though not a match, to

https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=96360

Just a possibility to consider.
Thank you for the help! It being issued by a dynasty other than the Seljuks was a possibility I should have considered.

So, searching for silver dirhams with lion standing/crouching right, I may have found some clues for my coin’s origins, though the inscription seems to be a bit different.

It seems to be a Qutlugh-Khanid piece – I need to look into it a bit more since I can’t find much info on their coinage though!
https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/sphinx_numismatics/151/product/566cfm1_qutlughkhanid_shah_sultan_12951303_ar_dirham_245g_nm_nd_a1940_lion_right_slightly_doublestruck_overstruck_on_undetermined_host_very_fine_rare/559194/Default.aspx
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