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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1984902, member: 56859&quot;]I don&#039;t think they&#039;re claiming it to be the oldest coin ever found <i>anywhere</i>, just the oldest coin found in Bulgaria.&nbsp; I&#039;d like to see the reverse.&nbsp; I can&#039;t quite make out a design from that obverse.&nbsp; Is it the head of a griffin?&nbsp; Sometimes those look very abstract.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it is younger than the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-the-first-official-coin.251238/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-the-first-official-coin.251238/">Lydian lion recently posted by AncientJoe</a>, possibly younger than the Lydian lion I posted in the same thread.&nbsp; Perhaps he or someone with&nbsp; Linzalone&#039;s <i>Electrum and the Invention of Coinage </i>can weigh in.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the upper 3 digits or low 4 digits is more realistic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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