The calligraphy is arabic and it is part of a famous oration by a famous
arabic poet: "Qes Ibn Sa'edah"ومن مات فات، وكل ما هو آت آتIt means:
"Whoever dies has passed away and will be forgotten, and whatever that
is destined to come will come."He live...
This is a coin from the Turkish Ottoman era. It reads in arabic : عز
نصره ضرب في قسطنطينة ١٣٢٧which translates into: made in Constantinople
in 1327 Hijri year
