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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2543242, member: 76194&quot;]Just this 2,600+ year old coin, which is incidentally my oldest Asian coin.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]545299[/ATTACH] Gandhara, Taxili</p><p>AR Satamana</p><p>Circa. 650 BCE</p><p><br /></p><p>*And yes, it is a coin, not a bar. I guess you could say it is a bar-shaped coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>As proof, here is the pocket change for the coin above, a 1/8 Satamana</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]545306[/ATTACH] India, Gandhara Janapada, 6th - 5th Century BCE</p><p>Silver Shana, or 1/8 Satamana, 15mm, 1.40 grams</p><p>Obverse: Six armed Taxila symbol with pellet between arms.</p><p>Reverse: Blank as made.</p><p>Pieper12 // Mitchner4079ff // HGC12,763 // Rajgor Series 41</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for European coinage, this would be my oldest:<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]545300[/ATTACH]</p><p>Kyzikos, Mysia</p><p>AR Hemiobol, Circa. 480-450 BCE.</p><p>Forepart of running boar left, tunny fish facing upward.</p><p>Roaring lion.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope 2,600 years old is old enough for you, because coinage really doesn&#039;t get any older than that...though I know some in the ancient coins forum that have Chinese bars and &quot;charm coins&quot; going back 3,000+ years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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