Need help ID'ing an ancient

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are their any markings of letters that u can see

 

Yes, but they don't look like the Latin alphabet.

 

The letters and design tell me it is of Greek origin but that is all I can tell you.

 

Don't know what coin that is, but the transistor(?) is pretty cool though.

 

Looks like a crystal next to the cool ancient coin.

 

Don't take this as provocative, but would this coin be a candidate for cleaning? And if so, how?

 

If you put a gun to my head, I would guess a Macedonian bronze, with zeus pictured in pic 2, and the other two pics of the reverse with bow and arrows in the center.

The thickness is definitely Greek, possible greek imperial, but that is my guess. Try rotating the reverse so the two rows of letters are horizontal, and try to see a face on the obverse and orient it that way. Btw, how many mm is it? I don't know how big a transistor is.

Chris

 

It's a tad over 21mm-- same as a American Nickel. I couldn't even see a face on the reverse.

 

Crystal Oscillator, actually.

 

heres a couple with a similar rev.

http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/timemachineco/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=4549

http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/pspavlou/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=4660

 

Thanks Randy, that was the reverse I was seeing. There are many variations of the obverse, the most common being Philip/Zeus male head. These were also commonly made under Alexander.

Not sayign that is your coin, but the reverse looks like it, (sort of from what I can tell), and they are more commonly found.

 

Cool. thanks for the help everyone.