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Maybe we'll have to rewrite the record books

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Sap:
Check out this find on the FORVM Ancient Coins forum.

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=41190

Sure, it wasn't officially issued like that, but it predates the Model Pennies by 1500 years or so. Think it sets a new record for oldest known privately issued bimetallic coin?  ;) ;D

Triggersmob:
I'm not a member of FORVM, so I can't access the picture. Can you grab the pic and post it here.

Whatever it is, I bet BM1947 would like it.

Sap:
:-[ Sorry, I forgot that non-members can't normally see FORVM pics. I'll see what I can do.



Is that working for everyone, or does it red-X for everyone but me? FORVM and KOTCT are both Simple Machines based forums; maybe the picture encoding will translate across.

Latest opinion over there is it might be Byzantine, rather than Roman. In which case, it wouldn't be record-breaking. The Axumites in Ethiopia had bimetallic coins before this. Here's an example on CoinArchives of a bimetallic Axumite coin from around 525 AD; a base-silver coin with small flakes of gold leaf pressed into it.

ElleKitty:
I can see the picture, but I almost wish I hadn't.  Eek, that's ugly.

Triggersmob:
It's a red cross for me.

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