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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2640566, member: 51347&quot;][USER=31620]@maridvnvm[/USER] answers well regarding the conundrum of Egyptian monies.&nbsp; I, too, was on the same search, but learned many of the comments that everyone are making.&nbsp; Great stuff.&nbsp; Here are a few of my collection that touches on the Egyptian, and earlier-than-Lydia first coinage:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Potential FIRST COINAGE OF EGYPT (as [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER]) comments:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]582492[/ATTACH]</p><p>Egypt Pharaoh Nektanebo II 361-343 BCE Ram Scales Weiser 1 - Butcher 11 uncertain no Syria</p><p><br /></p><p>Be VERY careful to capture Scarabae for REPUTABLE sellers, and that have solid provenance...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>EGYPTIAN ROYAL SCARABS:</b></p><p>(I believe that Scarabs are NOT money, rather more of a talisman for protection, jewelry, etc... but are historical markers in Egyptian History.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]582494[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]582495[/ATTACH]</p><p>Egypt Amenhotep III stone Scarab 1390-1352 BCE cartouch Neb Maat Ra 43.37g 45mm ex Gustave Mustake.JPG</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]582496[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]582496[/ATTACH]</p><p>Egypt Scarab Pamai Pamay 830 - 773 BC 8th Pharaoh of the 22nd Dynasty 960 - 766 BC High Priest of Ma&#039;at</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]582497[/ATTACH]</p><p>Egypt SCARAB Seti I ca 1291-1278 BCE 19th Dynasty ex Zuzim</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]582498[/ATTACH]</p><p>Egypt SCARAB Thuthmosis III ca 1504-1450 BCE ex CNG ex Hendin</p><p><br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>SPHINX SCARAB:</b></p><p>I got this for the &quot;cool&quot; factor, not the historical factor that the Royal Scarabae have...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]582499[/ATTACH]</p><p>Egypt SCARAB Middle Kingdom 2065-1650 BCE Scarabeaus Sphinx</p><p><br /></p><p>Everyone loves this one more than my Royals, even though the Royals can be much more scarce and harder to find...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>EARLY CHINESE COINAGE:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]582500[/ATTACH]</p><p>CHINA - ZHOU Dynasty, 1122-255 BC square foot spade 350-250 BC AN YANG - 3 lines rev bronze 31x52mm 7.45g H3.184 S13+</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]582501[/ATTACH]</p><p>China Zhou -Chou- 1000-200 BCE Dynasty Bronze cowrie - VF - Rare</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]582502[/ATTACH]</p><p>China Shang Dyn 1766-1154 BC Ant Nose Ge Liu Zhu 2.6g 19.5x11 very scarce H 1-10[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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