What is this? Found with 1700 to 1800 stuff

[crabstang44]

Little smaller than a trime, looks like a bunch of random numbers on one side

 

[K1DDO1979]

I have no idea but looks cool. Maybe a counter weight for a old pan balancing scale.

 

[rick67]

That is an odd one.

That definitely makes it a keeper

 

[Argentium]

Looks like it could be an ancient coin of some kind ??

 

[trapperart]

No help here but congrats

 

[williedigit]

Little smaller than a trime, looks like a bunch of random numbers on one side

Is it lead or what might be a scale weight

 

[ironhorse]

What comes to mind is a religious medallion written in Greek maybe?
Good mystery piece

 

[crabstang44]

Is it lead or what might be a scale weight

thats a good guess, its copper

 

[Silvermonkey]

That's a very interesting piece. I love a good mystery! Congrats.

 

[MadTom]

What ever it is, it's pretty cool

 

[Wildcat1750]

That's quite a curiosity there. Can't help on the ID tho.

 

[Mackaydon]

if authentic, its called a 'prutah'; an ancient Jewish coin.
Don......

 

[crabstang44]

if authentic, its called a 'prutah'; an ancient Jewish coin.
Don......

i think thats it, how old is this?

 

[smokeythecat]

I agree with ancient Jewish coin. I have seen them before. It is very possible to find coins 2k years old in the US. People a long time ago collected ancient coins and many were lost. I found a Byzantine coin from about ad600 from an old plantation site in South Carolina once.

 

[crabstang44]

I agree with ancient Jewish coin. I have seen them before. It is very possible to find coins 2k years old in the US. People a long time ago collected ancient coins and many were lost. I found a Byzantine coin from about ad600 from an old plantation site in South Carolina once.

any other info on this coin, like the age?

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

There are a lot to look through try and GOOGLE Judaea-Ancient Greek coins on the side bar the color code is bronze color and silver color that denotes the metal of coin so it narrows it down a little but I didn't see yours the age range it showed for coins from then was around 133 AD.Not a precise age just what came up.Going off of what Mackaydon thought it was.