Unknown peacock copper coin ?

[saro]

Copper / 25,5 x 23,5mm
Nice peacock design and unreadable reverse.
Seems to me of South asian origin ? but no idea...

[Offa]

Could be from Burma

Copper / 25,5 x 23,5mm
Nice peacock design and unreadable reverse.
Seems to me of South asian origin ? but no idea...

[Figleaf]

If you turn the left image 90° clockwise, you might also see a person with two outstretched arms towards what may be an altar or a drum and perhaps lettering underneath.

That said, I have never seen this as a coin. A religious souvenir, perhaps? In Asia, the peacock is a symbol of royalty.

Peter

[Manzikert]

The peacock suggests Burma as you say, but the border round it is very European roccoco: I think it is more likely to be a trial piece for a European repousse die. I certainly don't think it is a coin or token.

Alan

[Figleaf]

Peacocks also appear on civic issues of Afghanistan as well as on big silver coins of the Southern Netherlands. Overstriking reminds me more of Afghanistan, but if that were the case, you'd probably have recognised it and Manzikert is right that the edge looks European.

Peter

[saro]

Thank you very much all for your comments  I indeed thought to Burma too..but an eurpean XIXth c. origin is probable.
The great difference in quality between the two sides led to think, as suggested by Manzikert, of a medal's die struck on an old coin.
As suggested by Peter, I made a rotation of the reverse but I'm unable to identify something or even remains of letters 
It could be only a "curiosity"...

[aws22]

Dear Saro, if coin is turned 90 degrees counter-clockwise, you see clear " Waw  و  " at the bottom. May be it reads Booshehr or Bushire (بوشهر); also known as Bandar Bushehr ( بندر بوشهر). City in Iran. Another possibility to consider is  پشاور , Peshawar in Afghanistan.

Maythem

[saro]

Thank you Maythem for your suggestion.
Most of Abushahr civic coins' designs are very crude, usually smaller and not at all of this elegant style.
Don't you think that a part of the "wav" couldn't be an extra thickness on the edge as seen elsewhere?
There are indeed some remnants of a host piece with crossed lines or what could be letters, one could indeed see Arabic characters or remnants of figurative designs; difficult to say.

[Figleaf]

Mmm. You rotated the picture by 360°.

Peter

[saro]

oh yes ! 360° and 0° look very like ! 
now I even see what it could be a head at top and something that may looks like combinated nagari characters at right ?...

[JMP]

Well, have I ever ...
There was something I remarked here before I was a member on this forum. And later, when I was a member, I could not find it back, until today!

We take a Duit from Holland, type 1780: Lion in Hollandic garden, hat on stick.
We turn it 180°, for that way we will recognise the points of likeness at their best.
Look what is on the reverse side of the peacock !

[THCoins]

   !

[saro]

Well JMP, I say hats off!
That's very convincing.