Anyone have any idea what this is?

[Terry2113]

I found this very small, metallic object the other day in an old school yard.

It is very small (look at it in comparison to a Penny), but does contain what seems to be tree or flower motifs.
There are letters, but nothing that seems to spell anything.

Anyone have any idea as to what this is?

 

[Taxidea]

Hello, neat find but I think there is a catch, I believe what you have is an ancient Roman coin, run a search on :
Ancient Rome Prutah of Marcus Ambibulus or Coponius
and I think you'll see it. The only catch is that there were a huge number of copies of these, (They are considered a Biblical coin) because folks just wanted an example as a curiosity, not just coin collectors. At least one site I checked stated that the perfectly circular form generally indicated a copy but to determine for sure you'd really need to do your own research. Cool find and happy hunting.

 

[Taxidea]

Just a bit of follow up, the prutah was bronze or copper, minted in Judea under Roman occupation (hence it's designation as a Roman coin), in its day it was worth two lepta (the lepta was the coin referred to as the "widows mite''. The patterns on the coin are a head of grain and a palm tree with two bunches of dates. It really is an interesting coin to look up.

 

[wildwilly]

I can see why they call it a mite. It is a mite small.

 

[Terry2113]

Very interesting. Thanks for the help.
It's definitely a reproduction, being perfectly round without any distortion that would be expected in a real coin. Which aligns with having been found in a school yard. It was probably someone's gift-shop souvenir.

Thanks again