really old coin or ?

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This was found at a old section of Los Angeles that was once a Spanish land grant. It has writing on both sides but very hard to see. It came up 25 on my Equinox. Thanks
 

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Those are coins from some Islamic kingdom, and it is an old script. I don't have my book handy, but they date to sometime in the middle ages. Probably silver, it looks to me. Spain was occupied by an Islamic empire for a time, and I don't know how long their silver stayed in circulation.

-- Tom
 
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