Oldest Coin

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  1. Orielensis

    Orielensis Well-Known Member

    My oldest coin is this Croesus 1/6 stater, struck somewhen between 565 and 539 BC:
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    Kings of Lydia, under Croesus, AR ⅙ stater, 565/53–550/39 BC. Obv: confronted foreparts of lion and bull. Rev: two incuse square punches of unequal size. 8–11mm, 1.76g. Ref: Berk 25; SNG Kayhan 1019; Sunrise 13.
     
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  3. Gam3rBlake

    Gam3rBlake Well-Known Member

    Nice one Bing! This one is my oldest.

    1/3 silver croesid of King Croesus of Lydia.

    Basically it’s the same coin as above except double the denomination & weight.

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    LYDIAN KINGDOM. Croesus (561-546 BC). AR third-stater (13mm, 3.51 gm). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5.Confronted foreparts of lion left facing right, and bull right facing left / Two irregular incuse squares. BMFA 2071, SNG Keckman 359.
     
  4. doucet

    doucet Well-Known Member

    Nice coins everyone. Thanks Bing

    I have a couple that were very close in date to being my oldest, but this one from Kyzicos, Mysia, is the oldest, around 480-450 BC. AR with the Boar/Tuna and Lion.

    Looking forward to the second oldest thread.

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  5. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    A very good representation of a boar.
     
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  6. wittwolf

    wittwolf Well-Known Member

    Since I'am more of a roman imperial collector my oldest would be this one:
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    Emperor Augustus - As - Lugdunum mint - 9-14 A.D.

    Obv.: CAESAR PONT MAX
    Rev.: ROM ET AVG
     
  7. sky92880

    sky92880 Well-Known Member

    my oldest coin must be a coin from Aegina, with a landturtle.
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    Have it for over 40 years.
     
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  8. Mr.MonkeySwag96

    Mr.MonkeySwag96 Well-Known Member

    I mostly collect Roman Republic and Roman Imperial denarii. However, I do own some Greek coins from the Archaic and Classical periods:

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    Thracian Islands, Thasos, c. 550-463 BC. Stater. 22-20 mm. 8.21 grams. Naked satyr with erection carrying struggling nymph who raises her right hand in protest quadripartite incuse square Sear Greek 1746. SNG Copenhagen 1008 "C. 550-463 BC"

    Ex. Augustus Coins (Warren Etsy)

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    Olbia. Circa 5th century BC. AR drachm, 16mm, 3.96g. Obv.: Gorgoneion. Rev.: Cruciform incuse square. Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 256.

    Ex. Depew Collection

    Ex. Jaz Numismatics

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    Greece, Thessaly, Larissa, 400-360 BC, AR Drachm, Youth wrestling bull left/Rev. horse prancing right, 5.77g BMC 39

    Ex. Time Machine on Vcoins

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    420-360 BC Pamphylia, Aspendos AR drachm
    Obverse: Horseman (Mopsos, founder of Aspendos) galloping left hurling spear,. Reverse: Boar prancing left. Weight: 5.36 grams. Diameter: 18.34 mm.
    References: SNG Frankreich 25.

    Ex. Lodge Antiquities

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    THRACE, Apollonia Pontika. Mid-late 4th century BC. AR Drachm (3.06 gm; 15 mm). Facing gorgoneion / Anchor; A and crayfish under each fluke. SNG BM Black Sea 167; SNG Copenhagen 459.

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    LUCANIA Thourioi (Thurium). Circa 350-300 BC AR Nomos Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet with Skylla thowing stone / Bull butting right; ΣΩ above; in exergue, fish right 7.80 g, 20-21 mm, silver. Toned, struck with worn dies, small graffito on reverse References: HN Italy 1820; SNG ANS 1076; HGC I, 1262

    Ex. Musa Numismatic Art

    Ex. Time Machine

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    PHILIP III ARRHIDAIOS OF MACEDON AR DRACHM, 323 - 300 B.C.E. Price P44, Muller P51, Very Fine+, 18.4mm, 4.30 grams, Struck Circa. 323 - 319 B.C.E., Colophon Mint Obverse: Head of (Alexander as) Herakles wearing lion skin to right Reverse: Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, ΦIΛIΠΠOY to right, lyre to left, A below throne

    Ex. Zuzim
     
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  9. The Meat man

    The Meat man Supporter! Supporter

    This one is my oldest - someday I'd like to take a better picture:

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  10. Mr.MonkeySwag96

    Mr.MonkeySwag96 Well-Known Member

    I overlooked my Persian Siglos when listing my oldest “Greek” coins on my previous post:

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    KINGS OF PERSIA AR silver siglos. Achaemenid Empire, time of Artaxerxes I to Darius III, circa - 450-330 BC. Profile of Persian King moving right, in half-kneel, holding spear & bow. Reverse - Incuse punch. 15mm, 5.6g.

    Ex. Incitatus Coins (Steve McBride)
     
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  11. -monolith-

    -monolith- Supporter! Supporter

    Currently my oldest coins are Ionia, Miletos : 520 - 470 BC

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  12. cmezner

    cmezner do ut des Supporter

    My oldest is just a plain globular elektrum hemihekte (1/12th stater), bought at Forum Ancient Coins in 2019.

    Uncertain Ionian mint ca. 650 - 600 BC, period of the Artemis Find (Ephesus region? May have been, as Karwiese has suggested, a Lydian controlled mint in the vicinity of Ephesus, rather than a mint of Ephesus itself).

    7.7 mm, 1.168 g (on average 60% gold and 40% silver)
    SNG Kayhan 676; SNG Von Aulock 7763; Rosen 324; Boston MFA 1750; Traité II -; Weidauer –

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

    Picture courtesy Forum Ancient Coins

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  13. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    My current oldest:

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  14. expat

    expat Remember you are unique, just like everyone else Supporter

    My oldest coin is currently this one
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  15. paschka

    paschka Well-Known Member

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    paschka Well-Known Member

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