Need help identifying a coin

thecoinlook

Had a relative send me some pictures of a coin... can anyone identify this?

Thanks!

Jordan

STONE

French early Medieval?

yosclimber

[Edit: my wrong answer:] France, before 1700, but I'm sure someone else can do a very specific ID on it.

[Edit:] nice general ID by jonathanb below.
Here's a nice link about the Florin:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florin_(Italian_coin)

So the inscriptions seem to be:
S IOHA NNES B = Saint John the Baptist
FLOR ENTIH = Florence [Edit: from Tom below:] FLORENTIA

And as jonathanb mentioned, the above coin is copper.
So I guess the question now is who made this copy and when....

Probably this should be on the World Coin Forum, but it was fun to see this.

jonathanb

Copper replica of a gold florin of Florence?

CaptHenway

That's FLORENTIA. The A looks like an H with a hat.

Florentia is the Latin name for Florence. In modern Italian it is Firenze.

CaptHenway

Not sure if it is a coin. The crudeness of the lettering makes me wonder if it is a souvenir medallion of some sort, perhaps made for tourists as late as the 18th or even 19th century? Just a guess.