unknown arabic [solved]

It reminds me somewhat of a Moroccan coin, but I haven't found it yet
1.31 g
17 mm
Thank you for your assistance!

Another ottoman token, minted after or during the reign of Mahmud II.

Thank you! Do you have any idea what it might have been used as a token for, or if it was likely to have been used as a coin?

Hello,

It looks like an imitation of this 1857 medallion commemorating the French defeat of a tribal leader in Algeria, but with a nonsense date:
https://www.ma-shops.com/podlaski/item.php?id=1812&lang=fr

It does look a lot like that medallion, but there are some obvious differences that must be blatant to someone who can read it. If that is what I have, why would someone counterfeit a medallion, and why would anyone make an obvious counterfeit? I can think of a lot of better ways to use ones time.
Thanks

The differences are probably due to the fact that the die carver didn't know Arabic. He was just following a template.

I am not sure in this particular case, but there are many copies or "counterfeits" that are not meant to deceive collectors but to be sold to tourists or distributed to attendees during a special celebration, or else to be used as decoration such as the "belly dancer coins" (though the latter are holed).

On Numista we regularly see copies of ancient coins that are sold in tourist shops near major archaeological sites.

Your token as well has been posted a few times before, but on the French site since it is related to Algeria.

Look at this search in the catalogue.

Thanks everyone. I had hoped it was something old or at least something interesting, but it is good to know what it is. I don't think I'll ever be the sort of tourist who wants to buy an imitation, but to each their own I guess.
Thanks!