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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silverlock, post: 3204277, member: 98181&quot;]I’ll play. Random.org gave me 39. I’m in the process of reentering everything into a new database, so this is number 39 of the 103 I have done so far.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]830029[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]830030[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Ionia, Uncertain EL Phokaic standard</p><p>Myshemihekte / Geometric shape</p><p>Rosen 365</p><p>Obv. Raised counterclockwise swastika pattern</p><p>Rev. Quadripartite incuse square</p><p>7.17 mm</p><p>0.74 gm</p><p>CNG 261 lot 110</p><p><br /></p><p>The story of this coin:</p><p>I read the British Museum has a collection of over one million coins. During my first visit I marched right past the Rossetta Stone, ignored the Parthenon frieze, and made a bee line for the coin room, fully expecting to spend the entire day there. Imagine my surprise when there were only a few displays of ancient Greek and Roman coins, totaling a few score coins. The only exhibit that made a lasting impression was the “world’s oldest coin” exhibit, highlighted by a striated electrum from ca. 600 BC. I set out to add one to my collection. Never happened. But I did eventually add this tiny coin, which while it isn’t the earliest, is very early indeed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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