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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 4714535, member: 98035&quot;]The dates thrown around regarding the &quot;oldest&quot; coin often have a margin of error of about a century. I&#039;ve also heard claims that some of the oldest Chinese coin types (ant nose/ghost face, spades and knives) precede the Lydian electrum by centuries.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some of my oldest</p><p><br /></p><p>Lydia, Croesus AR 1/2 Croesid (Siglos) 560-546 BC</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1156031[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Roughly contemporaneous are the most archaic Kyzikos silvers</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1156032[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1156033[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1156034[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1156035[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Some claim that the bent bar Shatamana of Gandhara in India are equally old, although this one is probably more along the lines of 450-400 BC</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1156037[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1156036[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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