What's the oldest coin you own?

I'm new to this hobby but I am fascinated with how old some of these coins are!

 

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Either my Carthage Bronze (370-325 BC) or my Byzantium, Thrace Half Siglos (357-340BC)....

 

1884 O Morgan, PCGS had it graded MS63.

 

600 B.C.


Miletos, Ionia AR 1/12th Stater

Ionia, Miletos 600 B.C.
AR 1/12 Stater
O: Lion forepart
R: Star pattern
.6g
9.5mm

 

1857 FE cent


BTW I'd recommend getting your coin out of that holder and into a 2x2 flip. It looks like the holder has PVC.

 

isn't his half in a flip? and it looks sturdy which usually means non pvc

 

I have one roman coin from around the time of Christ, but besides that I guess 1600's.

 

Like Matt, i have some small silver greek 6th century bc. I have meant to get a 7th century bc electrum coin, but not yet.

All told, i probably have about 2000 coins that are bc, so all relatively oldish.

If you are just talking US, i have a 1795 dollar.

 

i just realized i do not think i have seen a coin from about 600 to 1300. why is this?

 

Not my oldest, but the oldest one I have pictures of.

 

600 A.D. or 600 B.C.?

AD they are referred to as Byzantine.
http://bargainbinancients.com/zen/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=11

They are a whole different breed of their own compared to romans and greeks.

 

Yeah, for that timeframe you are looking at mainly byzantine, islamic, and chinese. Western collectors simply do not collect islamic and chinese coins much.

After the tenth century, european medieval coins become more common.

 

550 BC Ionia (Miletus, Lydia) silver diobol very darn old.

 

1886 indian head penny VF.

 

510 BC Lion/Winged Boar's head. (ionia) Klazomenae mint (K)

 

how do you get all of em old byzantinum coins, and are there rare/valuable?

 

Mine is an 1883-O Morgan. A series I do not persue yet winds up being the oldest in my collection. For now.

 

Some are, some aren't. Where you get them is typical for ancient coins, ebay, dealrs, etc.

 

Oldest US coin is a 1802 large cent. Non US would be a roman coin from around 315 A.D. Not sure of the exact details off hand.

 

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