Looks like it's from Roman controlled Judea, but that's an area I don't know much about. I'll check a few places in a little bit if no one else has an answer soon to see if I can figure out more.
I could be wrong but it looks like a Judaean Prutah minted under the Roman Procurator Antonius Felix...palm tree on obverse, cross shields on reverse....under the emperor Claudius
Perhaps Procurator Antonius Felix 52-60 AD. Fakes exist. I'm not certain this is or is not one. Real ones are not all that expensive but the demand for tourist items of Biblical interest makes faking them a business. I don't collect Judean so can not say with certainty. Did it come from a legitimate dealer or a cute kid at a site in the Holy land?
This coin is, indeed, a prutah of the Procurator Antonius Felix, Year 14 (54 CE). The obverse says ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙCΡ (Nero Claudius Caesar - son of Claudius), with two crossed shields and spears. The reverse says BPIT, (for Britannicus - younger son of Claudius - he was naming Britannicus as his successor) above six branched palm tree bearing two bunches of dates and K-AI across field; L-ΙΔ= Year 14 = 54 CE. The references for the coin are Hendin 652, SGIC 5626, TJC 340, AJC II, Supp. V, p. 283, #29, Madden R136, RPC 4971, SNG-P 397. -Daniel
Look up this and other ancient coins on vcoins to get a rough idea of what they're worth. It seems that coins of Antonius Felix go for $15-$30 on there, though most of them are more attractive than yours. Sill not a bad purchase for a dollar, though.
