Oldest coin in collection acquired.

I'm a proud member of the Miletos diobol club too, thanks to Justin Lee who put in in AMCC1.

It's my oldest.



Erin

 

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Cypraea Moneta (Cowrie currency):- Size (around) 22mm., Weight 2-2.5gm.
Used as currency between 1600 - 1046 B.C. Ref. Mitchener ACW-5365
Shell


also Gold Plated Bronze

and Carved Bone

 

Oh, yeah, forgot my AE Cowries, etc...

All Cowries are from CHINA (est 1000-200 BCE):
(I got these from Bob Reis)


China Zhou -Chou- 1000-200 BCE Dynasty AE Bronze cowrie Tong Bei - VF - Rare
Ex: @TypeCoin971793 (I did not forget!)


China Cowrie Shell Pottery/Clay


Bone


Bone

Stone


Clay


China ANCIENT Cowrie Currency - Shang Dynasty 1750-1150 BCE BONE 2 holes 20mm Hartill 1-2v Coole 51-66

 

Thats a great coin

 

And one of my 'Lions'.

Archaic Period - 700 - 480 B.C.
IONIA, Miletos, AR 8mm., 0.86gm.,
Obv: Head of Lion (R).
Rev: Incuse punchmark
Sear 3532

 

A couple of others also from the 'Archaic' period.

MYSIA Parion Archaic Silver Medusa


IBERION Man-headed Bull


ATTICA AEGINA Turtle

IONIA PHOKAIA Trihemiobol


TROAS DARDANOS Cockerel (Rooster)


LESBOS Confronting Boar Heads


IONIA PHOKAIA Griffin

 

My oldest....
Ionia EL Trite (1/3 Stater) 670-50BC (Unknown mint) Beaded design/ Two Punches
Ionia EL Hemihekte (1/12 Stater) 650-25BC (Unknown mint) Swastika/ Quadripartite Punch)
Ionia/ Phokaia EL Myshemihekte 625-600BC (Phokaia Mint) Seal Head Left/ Rough Incuse Punch)

 

@panzerman
Similar to my 'Avatar'
600-550 B.C. MYSIA Kyzikos 1/12 Stater (Hemihekte)
Obv: Tunny fish R.
Rev: Quadripartrite Incuse Swastika
EL 6mm., 0.50gm.,
Hunter & Leiwald 2.2; Von Fritze 1; SNG France-Rosen 419; VFa
Prov: 24/09/2014 - CNG Electronic auction 335 Lot 166

 

Here is my Tuna/ won it today

Mysia/ Kyzikos
EL Myshemihekte ND struck 600-550BC
6mm. 0.64g. .560
Head of Tunny left
Rough Incuse Square
Von Fritze 1.5 var.

 

According to members of the German numismatic forum, the incuse on the reverse can help to support a date, but it is not to be considered definitive. A quadripartite incuse could as well be dated to ca. 550 - 500 BC, based on the dating of diobols from Phokaia. However, this seems to be subjective.

A punch mark (not quadripartite) like on the following type, is according to this, older than a quadripartite incuse

EL Hemihekte, Plain Globular Type, an example of the very earliest form of coinage

uncertain Ionian mint, ca. 650 - 600 BC, period of the Artemis Find
7.7 mm, 1.167 g
Ref.: SNG Kayhan 676; SNG Von Aulock 7763; Rosen 324; Boston MFA 1750;

Ob.: smooth plain globular surface
Rev.: incuse roughly square pyramidal punch;

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