This item is neither ancient, nor a coin. It's a late mediaeval brass jeton, or counting-token, circa 1400-1500 judging by the style of lettering. The inscriptions are meaningless babble - VIVIVIVIVIV on one side, and SHSHSHSHSHS on the other - though the overall design is imitative of mediaeval European coins.
See this website for some background information on the use and varieties of jetons.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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