Only 1.1g is surprising but the first thing is to forget Madura or Madurai as it's not from there, one side appears to have bits of lslamic script, not sure what the other side is
For numistmatic purposes it's Sultans of Madura which is an lslamic dynasty, later came Nayaks of Madurai etc a Hindu dynasty, although an i is added to the name it's the same place. Likewise on old coins Dehli is actually spelled H before L and not the other way round as for modern times. Can l identify your coin? err not yet but still looking
Only 1.1g is surprising but the first thing is to forget Madura or Madurai as it's not from there, one side appears to have bits of lslamic script, not sure what the other side is
For numistmatic purposes it's Sultans of Madura which is an lslamic dynasty, later came Nayaks of Madurai etc a Hindu dynasty, although an i is added to the name it's the same place. Likewise on old coins Dehli is actually spelled H before L and not the other way round as for modern times. Can l identify your coin? err not yet but still looking
Just a bit of history here Vic. The area was actually Madurai prior to the Sultanate as it was the seat of the Pandyan rule. However, when the Pandyan Civil War broke out, one of them ended up asking for help from the Delhi Sultanate and they ravaged the area and took control. They eventually broke away from the Delhi Sultanate and created the Madura Sultanate which lasted for about 100 years before it got overthrown by the Vijayanagar Empire. The nayakas were installed from that point on and the Pandyas moved their capital (or what remained of them) to Tinnevelly. This particular coin is no where near the devices of the Madura Sultanate and that can be ruled out definitively as you indicate.
That leads to the Arcots or the Deccan Sultanates, but I am not sure as I have not seen this type before…
I had no idea the Pandyas moved south to tirunellvelli
Just based on the lot my suspicion is it is one of Gujarat, Ahmednagar, Golconda, Bijapur sultanates or the arcot of nawab. I look at all of them but got no clear match
It was in the lot I got with a bunch of maDuran, Tanjore and vijaynagar coins
I had no idea the Pandyas moved south to tirunellvelli
Just based on the lot my suspicion is it is one of Gujarat, Ahmednagar, Golconda, Bijapur sultanates or the arcot of nawab. I look at all of them but got no clear match
It was in the lot I got with a bunch of maDuran, Tanjore and vijaynagar coins
My suggestion is you read https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.5955. It is a seminal work by the legendary Sastri. While there are areas that have been updated by later works, it is an outstanding book that is written in English.
One breakthrough! the date says 1201. Must be Hirji date and so basically 1787. This means this must be Arcot or Hyderabad. Right? There was no other sultanates around that time. Right?
That gentleman blew my mind. He has a friend who shared a better version of this coin! i feel like I have tapped into a fountain of knowledge. Flag is in opposite direction But same motifs
Not being able to see the coin clearly has not helped us so I have enhanced the photo to make it more readable, Shailen Bhandare has it as Nawāb of Arkat copper / lead cash. Obverse has pennant flying between sun and moon; reverse legend 'Wala Jāh sanah 120(6?)'
Looking closer I can see what looks like corrosion so it must be tin, the flag with sun and moon become obvious when it's pointed out. I can't find another with the flag though
I need to verify how to best lay this out. Its somewhat complicated…At the moment, there are so many coins missing and needs to be uploaded and catalogued in Zeno. That is my first priority at the moment.
The crescent moon and son is a very common motif for Arcot. “The Nawabsof Arcot issued coins bearing star, crescent moon or sun. These motifs prove that these Muslim rulers never forsake their faith during their rule. Even though they encouraged religious harmony.”
The main pending question I then had was: Did Arcot Nawabs actually issue coins around 1 gms. Answer is yes. Example: British Museum, London (Arcot 6, 49) Copper, 1.430 gm, 1.1 cm, 1.5 mm
I was just looking at that book and Krause and you already responded! While I downloaded that book earlier, I need to scan it again as the pictures are terrible. Luckily, the local university has that book…
That gentleman blew my mind. He has a friend who shared a better version of this coin! i feel like I have tapped into a fountain of knowledge. Flag is in opposite direction But same motifs 
