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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1854648, member: 56859&quot;]The 600s BC should be short and sweet since there are only a few types...</p><p><br /></p><p>One I fully intend to get someday, just because it may be the world&#039;s oldest &#039;true&#039; coin, is a Lydian lion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a nice example from&nbsp; <a href="http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=662065" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=662065" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=662065</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.acsearch.info/images/67/662065.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>KINGS OF LYDIA</b></p><p>Time of Alyattes - Kroisos, c. 610-546.</p><p>Electrum trite (1/3 stater) n. d. (c. 610/546)</p><p>Sardes.</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Head of a roaring lion to r., sun with rays on forehead.</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Two incuse punches. 4.75 g.</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Weidauer group XVI, 86-9. SNG von Aulock 2870. SNG Lockett 2976. SNG Kayhan 1013.</p><p>Very fine.. Ex Coll. James et Sneja Velkov, Auction Jean Vinchon, Paris. 24. November 1994, lot 145.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is anything definite known about the &#039;wart&#039; above the lion&#039;s nose?&nbsp; I read somewhere that it is the sun (melded into the lion&#039;s head, for some reason).&nbsp; Could it be an actual anatomic feature of some extinct lion?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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