Oldest coin & Oldest Artifact

haha! well...let's c'em ><

 

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just an fyi for scarab collectors. Schwaller de Lubicz first noticed and explained in his writings and studies of ancient Egypt how the scarab on one level depicts the development of the human skull as part of the drama of the metamorphosis of consciousness and the divine. Always thought this was spectacular.

 

..ain't it dated?!?...(jk)

 

..that's interesting, but the damn bug is a poop eater and live inna turd!

 

yeah- that's part of what awed these ancients- the little animals layed their eggs in the lowest matter of creation-dung, and worked these into spheres rolling them along with great dexterity. As their deity khepera- the morning sun god rolled along seemingly just springing up out of the darkest matter of the underworld night. They put them on the mummies heart to ensure magical transformation and freedom of the heart soul to the highest heavens.

 

Great post, @Jay GT4

Oldest coin



Oldest handmade artifact

Ex: @lordmarcovan Collection​

 

..very nice D Ray...i've had and gave a lot of these "old believers" crosses..i've still got in my collection a male and female example..this female cross is the largest i've ever seen..

 

yup!..alot of their ideas were copied by later religions..did you know that "Amen" comes from their chant of Amun (AH moon)?

 

Never heard that before from a serious entomologist.
Amen: so be it or so let it be from Hebrew/Aramaic and other semitic languages.

 

Great topic,

interesting stuff
140-240 AD Brittisch trumpet headed brooche13 viewsReference.
Hattatt 87

9.62 gr
48 x 14 mm



THRACE Mesembria AR Diobol 450-35012 viewsReference.
Sear 1673; BMC 3.132.2; SNG Cop. 652

Obv.: no legend
Facing Corinthian helmet

Rev: META.
Four spoked wheel.

1.31 gr

 

Awesome stuff all!

Ionia, Miletos
AR
6th century BC
Lion right, roaring head turned back left/ star and pellets


Egypt, New Kingdom, 16th - 11th Century BC
Blue faience scarab measuring 27mm. Intact with a nice blue color, simple incised details, blank base.



My oldest item.

Allende meteorite
Allende contains chondrules and CAIs that are estimated to be 4.567 billion years old.

 

Very interesting. Reminds me of these:

 

What a fun thread! And some really nice items being shown here

My oldest artifact, a cuneiform tablet from Ur III, c. 2112 BC – c. 2004 BC.
Brown clay tablet with seven lines of text. 42 x 25 mm. Text is commercial receipt. Chip on one face, else intact and choice. ex. Reeve collection ca 1960. With transcribed text.



My oldest coin is a late 6th to 4th century BC AE Ramo Secco cast ingot from Central Italy. Fragment generally weigh from 500 grams to 2000 grams.


AE. g. 1084.00 RR. C. mm. 101 x 70 x 41
Heavy dark-green patina with minor earthen-brown highlights
Reference: V&T AS 1, ICC 3.2

 

Here's a Morrow Mountain type point, made of quartz, found in the southeastern US, which dates to about ~4000 BC, give or take a millennium.



My oldest coin is this tiny AR from Kyzikos... hard to photograph, it's so tiny. After ~480 BC.



And just for fun, here's a little display I've put together on my (cheap) desk with some neat items, and room for more. The other side of my desk has natural curiosities, along with some American pieces.

 

Since a few Fossils are making the Thread, I have a couple, and I also have a question that I need some help:

FOSSILS: (are these reasonably correct attributes?)

My wife dug these out on her recent Utah trip with one of our Granddaughters...

Trilobite ex rock Pre-Cambrian thru Devonian 521M-252M BCE 25x34x4mm Utah USA


Trilobite in rock Pre-Cambrian thru Devonian 521M-252M BCE 33x42mm Utah USA

Wife dug out in Wyoming during trip with one of our Daughters

Fossil Diplomystus Dentatus Fish 53.5M-48.5M BCE 37mm x 10mm Green River Formation Wyoming USA



QUESTION to the Meteorite folks: What type of meteorite is this? We lost the accompanying information. EDIT: ERIN ANSWERED!


Meteorite - Moldavite 22x13mm 3.6g

 

Looks like a tektite, maybe, from the impact from a meteorite. I haven't got a sweet clue.

Totally jealous of those fossils.

Good job, everyone!

Erin

 

Me looking up Tektite made me REMEMBER. In the Tektite article, they spoke about comparing Tektite to Moldavite... And, now I remember, this is MOLDAVITE.

Thanks for the memory prompt Erin!

 

My Roman Republics got knocked off the list for oldest coin when I got this unsold AE17 from a JA auction: Phoencica, Arados
2.4g 242/1-167/6BC
Obv: Turreted head of Tyche right
Rev: Athena standing left on prow of galley left; monogram to upper right
Duyrat 1374-1403
HGC 10,861

Some ancient glass from Ken Dorney maybe 200-300AD?

 

No prob!

I really like meteorites too. So, I've learned a few things about them over the years.

Erin