Temple coin or token?

[davidrj 194]

Not what I normally buy, but the design intrigued me

£5 on Ebay, from a guy who normally sells Rumanian coins and stamps - he listed it as "unknown coin"

45mm cast brass, 30gm. edge plain

This has been polished recently so scans poor

Side 1 appears to show a 4 wheeled cannon defending a pass between two mountain ranges.

Side 2 has this bizzare figure - ?a winged or cloaked ram, with a sword and an empty chair throne

Script looks odd - probably gibberish

Anyone got any ideas??

?Modern fantasy ? temple coin ? tourist piece?

David

Edited August 27, 2011 by davidrj

[Peckris 579]

Not what I normally buy, but the design intrigued me

£5 on Ebay, from a guy who normally sells Rumanian coins and stamps - he listed it as "unknown coin"

45mm cast brass, 30gm. edge plain

This has been polished recently so scans poor

Side 1 appears to show a 4 wheeled cannon defending a pass between two mountain ranges.

Side 2 has this bizzare figure - ?a winged or cloaked ram, with a sword and an empty chair throne

Script looks odd - probably gibberish

Anyone got any ideas??

?Modern fantasy ? temple coin ? tourist piece?

David

Oh I say. It looks Arabic or failing that Urdu. Definitely not Gibberish, which is generally found between Lowestoft to the east and Lands End to the west.

[davidrj 194]

Oh I say. It looks Arabic or failing that Urdu.

I also posted this on another forum. Apparently the script is Malay Arabic, and the coin is possibly a "magic coin" produced in the 1950's

now wading through Asian Coin Database to see if I can narrow it down

David

[davidrj 194]

Asian Coin Database to see if I can narrow it down

Wow! Those guys are good!

"Islamic-style magic coin from Malay Peninsula, probably first made in the 1950s and first reported in 1969.

Front: Old man in long robe, holding walking stick (with sword-blade shape shaft), facing left, standing on ground; chair (?) behind man; Arabic inscription: Raj Kubsyugh.

Back: Cannon with four wheels on ground; mountains in background and rock in foreground; Arabic inscription Raj 'Asr.

Cribb, #263a:

Described specimen was presented in the S.Semans collection, 47 mm in diameter."

This interwebby thing is really useful at times!

David