Same here. Looks like STERLIAS SLERBI see two words with strange letter combinations. I don't see the word sterling.
May it's Sterling Sbeeb?
It stays real close to the price of STZRLIES.Sweet! What is Sbeeb going for an ounce these days?
I still can't get sterling out of that first word! Could be the camera angle I guess? Second is most likely the maker's mark. What do you think the second set of letters is?? The RELB I'm pretty sure of, could be a S or possibly a C for the first letter?Huh! The first word clearly looks like "sterling" to me. Based on how it came out of the ground I'm sure it's silver.
There's a similar medal at:
http://www.personalizationmall.com/...reid=38&categoryid=1326&itemid=15728&did=7665
Maybe the second word is the maker/brand?
The words are Sterling Creed.
Creed was a poopular maker of religious medals. I have found hundreds. Creed also makes them out of other metals but this is for sure sterling.