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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 1964858, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Yah, from the sounds of it, I&#039;m not the oldest dude on this site, but at &quot;51&quot; I&#039;m certainly no longer a Spring Chicken (although I feel pretty damn spry at the moment!!)</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">So, since I&#039;m now old as dirt, I thought that it might be fitting to post our three oldest coins (maybe this gesture will make me feel relatively young?)</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Thanks gang ...&nbsp; </span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Cheers</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Lydia AR Siglos</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #8000ff">560-520 BC</span></b></p><p>Diameter: 15.6 mm</p><p>Weight: 4.9 grams</p><p>Obverse: Confronted Lion &amp; Bull</p><p>Reverse: Two incuse square punches</p><p>[ATTACH=full]347443[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]347445[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>AR Sixteenth Stater – Hemiobol</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #8000ff"><b>Circa 500-480 BC</b></span></p><p>Diameter: 8 mm</p><p>Weight: 0.56 grams</p><p>Obverse: Two dolphins swimming in opposite directions; pellets around</p><p>Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square</p><p>[ATTACH=full]347446[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]347448[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Island off Thrace, Thasos, AR Archaic Stater</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #8000ff">525-463 BC</span></b></p><p>Diameter: 21.5 mm</p><p>Weight: 8.6 grams</p><p>Obverse: Satyr carrying off a struggling nymph, who raises her arm in protest</p><p>Reverse: Quadrapartite incuse square</p><p>[ATTACH=full]347450[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]347451[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; yup, &quot;everybody has three oldest coins&quot; ... so lets&#039; see &#039;em!!</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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