Coin identification please

[Panumismatic]

Greetings to all esteemed members 

I came across this coin.

Can you please help me with its identity?

Thank you in advance for your kind assistance.

 

 

 

[CPK]

What is the diameter and weight?

[Panumismatic]

Apologize for the belated replying. I am on vacation and I have limited access to internet.

I have only one photo of the coin and no further specifications of the coin. I was hoping to get an indication based just on the coin’s appearance.

[Parthicus]

Side 1 seems to show two lions standing to either side of a palm tree.  Googling "coat of arms two lions standing palm tree" didn't come up with any close matches, however.  Bottom of side 1 has lettering at the bottom that seems to read BAPIE, which is just as mysterious.  Side 2 is harder to figure out- there's what might be a palm tree at the top, a border at the left, some vague "stuff" in teh center, and a trace of legend at the bottom.  My immediate gut is some Indian state, maybe 19th century (under the British Raj, to explain the Roman=alphabet legend), but which one and exactly when, I have no idea.

[Pellinore]

The second side looks like a crowned head, I thought immediately of the German Kaiser with his plumed helmet.

[noname]

We'd need the diameter and weight of the coin to get a more certain id, but your coin does resemble a obol/hemiobol from Samaria, with a male head facing left on the obverse, and a palm tree flanked by goats on the reverse, the obverse looks peculiar, possibly tooled.

Here are some examples of the Samarian coin I am talking about;

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8978898

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3297672

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1276238

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=75743

 

[The_Collector]

Great call out @Pellinore it looks like either a really beat up or crude reproduction of a German East African Rupee from 1901! The elements look to be there the palm frond to the bird on the Kaiser's helmet but they are all jumbled. Just my guess  

Edited August 16, 2023 by The_Collector

[Panumismatic]

I really appreciate everybody's efforts to help me out!

I also tend to agree with @The_Collector and @Pellinore.

Please take a look at the 2 Rupies fantasy coin mentioned i  the link

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=lions+and+palm+tree&category=1-2&lot=&date_from=&date_to=&thesaurus=1&images=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&currency=usd&order=0

[Pellinore]

That fantasy coin is a great find. I enhanced the picture a bit. This could be a coin inspired by a colonial German coin of the Emperor Wilhelm II with an eagle on his helmet. DOA = Deutsch Ost Afrika.

I'm not much into modern coins, but which coin inspired the reverse with the fancy presentation of two lions dancing around a palm tree?

 

[Panumismatic]

A sincere and cordial thank you for your diligence and prompt advice!