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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3049583, member: 56859&quot;]Fun thread idea!</p><p><br /></p><p>Oldest artifact:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cngcoins.com%2Fphotos%2Fenlarged%2F3930805.jpg&amp;hash=8f08ca225639967648e96e605af4f265" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Blue glazed steatite scarab. Egypt, Late Period, 664-332 BC. Face engraved with winged Isis standing right before a solar disk and a cartouche containing r’nfr, or “may beauty exist”; below, the hieroglyph n’b or “lord” (14x10mm). Crack down center with some very minor loss of material on back.</p><p><i>Ex Christie’s London ‘Fine Antiquities,’ 10 July 1991, lot 85 (part of).</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Oldest coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_d6bcd43a7ea240d0bea94dfa7f215c91%257Emv2.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_625%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_d6bcd43a7ea240d0bea94dfa7f215c91%257Emv2.jpg%26hash%3D13aeeb67753c1a66b76a9f743d5b210d&amp;hash=e8644cbd37f9b988c75c06388533f683" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KINGS OF LYDIA, temp. Ardys - Alyattes</b></p><p>c. 630s-564/53 BCE (dates from a CNG listing of a similar coin*; I do not have the reference books nor have I read the latest thoughts)</p><p>Electrum trite, 4.8 gm, 13.4 mm. Sardes mint.</p><p>Obv: head of roaring lion right, sun with four rays on forehead</p><p>Rev: two incuse square punches</p><p>Ref: Weidauer Group XV, 64; BMC 2[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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