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Message:: [QUOTE="chrisild, post: 972593, member: 39"]The 5 mils coin I find interesting as it shows an object which is about 3,000 years old. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> That is an "oxhide" ingot bearer from Kourion - somebody carrying a bronze ingot in the shape of an oxhide. The depiction is a detail of <a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=464315&partid=1&searchText=ingot+stand&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPage=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=464315&partid=1&searchText=ingot+stand&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPage=1" rel="nofollow">this object</a> which is now in the British Museum in London. (Click on the image in the link to get an enlarged view.) <a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/gr/c/copper_ingot,_shape_of_oxhide.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/gr/c/copper_ingot,_shape_of_oxhide.aspx" rel="nofollow">And this is</a> what such an ingot looks like ... Christian[/QUOTE]