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United States
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(includes ancient coins) my oldest is a 320-360 ad roman coin,in great condition tried to take a pic but the computer told me there is an error with it
(also have two unidentified ancient coins that might be older)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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280-261BC Antiochus I, Seleucids. AE16 rev: Apollo seated on omphalos control in left field.   Edited by IndianGoldEagle
07/14/2012 12:06 pm
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Russian Federation
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Silver wire "fishscale" copeck of Ivan IV (1547-1584 CE). Oldest dated is 1615 Riga solidus, by the way. I've also participated in an older version of this thread; with a possible exception of Africa (which I didn't seriously check even then), I don't think anything had changed in that list since. |
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I don't have anything new since this. Edit: just noticed that january1may has a link to the same older thread! Edited by svslav
07/13/2012 6:24 pm
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United Kingdom
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svslav, that Zanzibari Pysa in the old thread is just beautiful. 
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United States
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My oldest is a bronze posthumous coin of Alexander the Great (reigned 336-323 BC), minted somewhere between 323-310 BC. It is my only ancient Greek (I primarily collect Roman imperial). Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lionskin Rev: Bow and bowcase with BA under, club below, thunderbolt in exergue.  (Seller's pic - haven't shot my own yet, in hand it is a very dark brown) Edited by VisigothKing
07/13/2012 7:39 pm
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United States
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Those are some really old coins shown. I always wondered why those people didn't put dates on their coins. Would make it so easy if coins from the far past had dates on them like 344BC. And too you would think they'ld have put the writting in English for people like me.  |
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Australia
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Silver siglos, 450 - 330 BC.
Obv.: kneeling archer with dagger, Rev.: oblong incuse punch mark.
Reasonably easy to obtain these; genuine ones in poor condition can be had for as little as $20.
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07/13/2012 11:09 pm
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United States
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My oldest is a bronze posthumous coin of Alexander the Great (reigned 336-323 BC), minted somewhere between 323-310 BC. It is my only ancient Greek (I primarily collect Roman imperial).
Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lionskin
Rev: Bow and bowcase with BA under, club below, thunderbolt in exergue.
Not being an ancient coin collector I have a question about those. At some coin shows I've seen coins like that and always wondered why not round? Did they make them in that shape for a reason? It almost appears as if the coins shape was made to make room for the head, not the head just on a round coin. |
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It's just the way ancient coins were made. Since they were hand-made and hand-struck, things such as striking pressure and centering varied, including the cutting of the flans (planchets). Bronze flans (if not cut out round from the stock metal) could not be hammered into a round-ish shape so they were usually struck as cut. Some more info on ancient coin production: http://www.celatorsart.com/coins_made.htmlhttp://www.classicalcoins.com/page103.htmlEdited by VisigothKing
07/14/2012 12:03 pm
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United States
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I have a very smooth very flat rock that is almost perfectly round. I found it this way and I like taking it to coin shows and teasing other dealers by telling them that it was a coin once owned by Fred Flintstone. LOL
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United States
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Nice ragpicker! I like it. Bet you get some interesting responses to that. At least you can see who has a sense of humor and who does not.
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United States
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Not real old as far as ancients go but this Augustus is the oldest in my collection. 2 B.C. -- A.D. 4.  Edited by MartiVltori
07/18/2012 10:49 pm
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