Mysterious coin

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Hello my friends,

Before some time i bought one coin in Afghanistan. For one year I am trying to identify it but it is not possible. The interesting thing it is that in the middle of the coin there is a star of David (see bellow), in that region has never been issued coins with star of David (as far as i know).

After lot's of research i achieved to find some similar coins from nearby, but not the exact coin.

I would be really happy if you can help me to identify this mysterious coin.

I suppose that if this coin isn't from Afghanistan than should be from Mamluk Sultanate (Israel-Egypt region), here is a link of one similar coin - http://www.forumancientcoins.com/armeniannumismatics/alaiye.html

or it is from Kingdom of Travancore - Principal State from South of India
- http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=20178.0
- http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=19997.0

I am looking forward for you help


It looks moroccan but I'm not sure
It's got the star of David on it, it could be a Judean coin?
Or it could be from the Indian kingdoms.  I found one with a similar design on one side of the coin.  I know it's not the coin, but it gives you somewhere to start looking

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces42276.html
Yes i thought of that too. That's of the Indian Kingdom Travancore, the one i linked above, but this Kingdom has been placed in far south of India.

I thought also it can be from Morocco, i searched for similar Moroccan coin but i didn't find anything. I looked for Judean coins, same result again :(

I really wonder where this coin was minted and in which period.
This is not a certainty but I have seen similar types in the past and they tend to fall into the ISLAMIC category.
If you do a search for -
ABBASID
MAMLUK
UMMAYAD
They used both the 5 & 6 pointed star on their coins from what I remember but it has been a while since I last came across 1.
Hope this helps.
I deny nothing but doubt everything, opinions are made to be changed, how else is the truth to be gotten at.
thanks for the recommendations, i check those caliphates too but unfortunately i didn't find it. But i am not going to give up :) now it makes me more curious to know the history behind this coin

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