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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3598960, member: 98035&quot;]I love those little Miletos diobols. They are quite common; I wonder how many were originally made for so many of them to make their way to us, 2500 years later?</p><p><br /></p><p>This was my pick from a large lot of early fractions</p><p>[ATTACH=full]962794[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My oldest coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>Oldest with a narrow date range (560-546 BC)</p><p>Croesus AR Siglos / 1/2 Croesid</p><p>[ATTACH=full]962799[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Other contenders:</p><p>Asia minor blank Electrum 1/48 stater, OR maybe just a blank planchet?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]962800[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>India, Gandhara Janapada</p><p>AR Shatamana</p><p>Some say these date back to 600 BC, although this one is probably about 450-400 BC</p><p>[ATTACH=full]962801[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]962802[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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