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# 720Token nd Temple TokensZ Miscellaneous - India India – Temple Tokens (19th Century). Token n.d., Rupee size, Mint: Uncertain (mainly Bombay), Silver (ø 26 mm – w. 10.89 g.). Edge: plain. Brotman –. Mitchiner (1979) 4744. Mitchiner (1998) 216
Obverse: Temple, with figure standing in doorway. Arabic legend around (Allah Akbar = God is most Great), repeated four times.
Reverse: Six stepped altar in centre, around arabic legend (Allah Akbar = God is most Great), repeated four time, and in outer circle (La Ilaha Ila Allah = There is not god but Allah), repeating.
Web references: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism
Literature: Brotman, Irwin F. – A Guide to Temple Tokens of India – Printed by Shamrock Press, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1970. Mitchiner M. – Oriental Coins and their values / Non-Islamic States and Western Colonies / AD 600-1979 – Hawkins Pub., London, 1979. Mitchiner M. – Indian Tokens: Popular Religious and Secular Art, from the ancient period to the present day – Hawkins Pub, London, 1998.