Want to know the origin of coin

Ok. Thanks for your help guys.
TIF had showed interest in looking at bigger images so...
Anyways looks like it is a token or exonumia or something else.

 

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Looks like it's from India-ish.

 

I was thinking the same thing as Mikey. If "modern" it can;t be a coin without a denomination. Which brings up an interesting point - am I right in that ancients have no denomination, relying on weight, metal color and size.

 

My limited understanding would be:

At times, that's true and at times there are markings or symbols to distinguish the denomination or value. Like the 'M' etc on Byzantine coins or other letters or numbers on later Roman types---but a Sestertius, AES, or Dupondius would be known for its value by size, weight, style and even color----at least the 'original' color. Some indicate the ratio of silver to base metals as a value.... I'm sure Doug or several others will expand and explain this better than I shortly....

 

Any question that lumps 'ancients' into one group is doomed to have no answer. They were not one people, one place, one time or one mind. Just about anything you can say about most ancient coins will have an exception.

 

I could not think of a better answer. I could not think of a field with more exception then coins of Antiquity.