Nejd 1/4 Ghirsh

I have been told that my coin is from Nejd. It is similar to the Hejaz and Nejd 1/4 ghirsh AH1343 at

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces63090.html

but there are significant differences.

Can anyone attribute this one? It is about 20mm.

http://www.elfreeman2.com/h19/19h058o.jpg

http://www.elfreeman2.com/h19/19h058r.jpg

The way we save photos makes it difficult to manipulate them. The obverse is upside down; the reverse is slightly rotated.

It's easier to insert pictures directly with the "insert image" tool because you can rotate them when they are selected.

Yoàur coin is clearly different to the KM#1, check to be sure that the diameter is 19mm and not 22mm.

Anyway it's also different to the half Girsh.


The value on reverse is 1/4 Girsh and main differences with the KM#1 are:
- date under the toughra (may be an over struck?)

- the shape of some writing on reverse

The size is definitely slightly under 20mm. I have measured it again this morning.

It is slightly smaller than this coin, which was from the same collection:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/372699797112

Citeer: "Frenchlover"[1] ​

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​Just to make sure, the coin I numbered [1] has this on the reverse:

ام القرى
ضرب في
ربع قرش

ضرب في ام القرى = "struck in the mother of all villages" [i.e. Mekka]
ربع قرش = "¼ qirsh"

There's a small mistake in the Numista page where it is written "ام القرة".

Number [2] is the same except for "نصف قرش" = "½ qirsh". Same mistake on the Numista page as pointed out for the ¼ qirsh.

You'll notice the "free" placement of the diacritics (or "dots") on the coin which is a nightmare when you're trying to make sense of a word you don't know or recognize...