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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1964940, member: 19463&quot;]I do not feel comfortable saying which are my three oldest coins since so many are dated with such a wide spread of years.&nbsp; Also, I&#039;d rather show three old coins that Steve or someone has not already shown in a nicer example.&nbsp; (My bull and lion is a dog.)&nbsp; Therefore here are three oldish coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>Kroton stater 510-480 BC.&nbsp; This is later style but I do not own one of the super thin coins that came first.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]347481[/ATTACH] </p><p>Lete 1/8 stater 530-480 BC.&nbsp; These are the little brothers of the Thasos stater Steve showed.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if he is on his way to pick up his nymph or running away after the fact.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]347482[/ATTACH] </p><p>Phocaea, Hemihekate (1/12th stater), late 6th century BC.&nbsp; I never show this big fellow because his little brother is my 5mm, .01g smallest coin which I show too often.&nbsp; At 1.3g it is just too big to be of interest.&nbsp;&nbsp; The only reason someone would want a coin that big is to show off.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]347483[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A story: I volunteer at an elementary school.&nbsp; A while back a father from Afghanistan showed up with two boys to register while he was attending a long term class at the local military base.&nbsp; They had medical papers but had to send back home to get the required birth certificates.&nbsp; Meanwhile the boys were placed in 1st and 3rd grades based on the father&#039;s saying they were 6 and 8.&nbsp; When the certificates arrived, we learned that in his country a person&#039;s age is given as the year in which they are rather than our way of telling the years they have completed so a person at birth is in his first year so is considered to be one.&nbsp; The boys were, in US terms, 5 and 7.&nbsp; I understand there are several other countries that look at it this way. I do not know how Rome counted things.&nbsp; If Romans counted things that way, Steve would now be journeying in his 52nd year.&nbsp; Why do I mention this?&nbsp; The answer is the coin of Julius Caesar below.&nbsp; Mine is a lousy fourree but I now suggest Steve start a year long quest for one of these in solid silver and pleasing appearance.&nbsp;&nbsp; Behind the head of Venus is the numeral LII (in that period L was often an inverted T).&nbsp; 52 was Caesar&#039;s age when the coin was issued c.48 BC.&nbsp; It may take a while to find just the right coin but be sure to get one with a good clear numeral:</p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?similar=207601" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?similar=207601" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?similar=207601</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]347487[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Happy Birthday, Steve, I hope I look as good as you do when I am your age![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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