Alright IQfy, what's the oldest manmade object in your possession?
I have a bronze Roman coin from roughly 370 AD depicting Valentinian
Alright?
Alright IQfy, what's the oldest manmade object in your possession?
I have a bronze Roman coin from roughly 370 AD depicting Valentinian
I have a Middle Republican coin before the Denarius was introduced. These coins weren't standard and were thought to have only been used in foreign purchase in Southern Italy rather than in Central Italy. Everything about these kinds of coins is non standard, from weight, composition and the like. Besides what was depicted which is usually Janus or other less popular Roman Gods.
I'd estimate my coin comes from about 250BC but all I can know for certain is that it is older than 220BC.
>Everything about these kinds of coins is non standard, from weight, composition and the like.
To be fair, thats the case with just about every Roman coin, they didn't really concern themselves much with consistent mass production back then like we do today, rarely are these coins perfectly circle like what we're used to with modern coins.
Not really. The Denarius was made by state mints and were created with a standard form in mind, the same intended composition, size and look in mind for all of them. Middle Republican coins before the Denarius could be larger than your hand or slightly smaller than the Denarius, there was absolutely no standrd form at all, in part because they were made by private individuals and there was no state control or even known usage of coinage at that point.
This coin of Emperor Constantine I minted in Alexandria. I collect coins from various historical eras.
The medal for participating in the Battle of Königgrätz in 1866 from my great-great-...-grandfather. He was a Prussian cavalryman.
>pic from the internet, too lazy to make a photo right now
>from my great-great-...-grandfather.
1866 would be around the time of my great-X4 grandfather. Incredible you have something from them anon, that's very special. I got my great-X3 grandfathers revolver he used as he was traveling out west to California, its 1880 vintage chambered in .32 S&W
>that's very special.
Thanks, I agree, it's my most prized possession. It's also a family story with it, because we found it (with several WWII medals of my great-grandfather) in an old box of chocolates in the back of a closet after my grandfather died a few years back.
My grandfather was a refugee from the Eastern Territories during WWII (Landsberg an der Warthe, now Gorzów Wielkopolski in Poland) when he was 9 years old. He fled with his mother, both had a single suitcase each. Either his mother or he had the medal in the suitcase and saved it, but he never even mentioned the medals while alive.
>I got my great-X3 grandfathers revolver he used as he was traveling out west to California, its 1880 vintage chambered in .32 S&W
Amazing. What's its condition, do you think it would theoretically still work?
>It's also a family story with it, because we found it (with several WWII medals of my great-grandfather) in an old box of chocolates in the back of a closet after my grandfather died a few years back.
Fantastic. I likewise found much of my great-grandfathers old stuff in the back of my garage after we got the family home but he never saw any frontline action in World War II, he was a guardsman
>What's its condition, do you think it would theoretically still work?
Its basically mint since it was hardly ever used and remained in a box as it traded hands. I'm sure it would still work but I've never so much as wienered the hammer back
I don't have anything remotely old. But I just wanted to thank OP for starting an interesting thread that is related to history instead of the millionth haploautism or religious debate post.
Do you have anything that's at least 25 years old? However mundane it is, it still counts anon
Not even that. My mother in law robbed my wife and I of almost all our possessions about a year ago and we have had to start over. Long story. In the end though my wife disowned her mother and took my side.
Damn anon that's fricked. I hope you see it as an opportunity to start collecting things from a blank slate.
Yup, that's exactly what we plan on doing.
You should have murdered her tbqdesuwyfampai
What kind of stuff did she steal?
I have this. Peppered with underlinnings and little margin notes that I like to think are from the original owner
Anything they wrote that you can make out?
Not really, most of the handwritting is pretty old fashioned, can barely identify the letters sometimes
I have the remains of a Mondragon rifle made in Mexico. It's over 100 years old
where'd you get that?
I have a tiny silver coin from Lydia made around 500 BC or so.
The numbers demand you reveal its face.
My mistake, it's actually from Ionia. But it's still from 500 BC.
Are these coins super common or smth? I have one too.
Anyway, a "widow's mite" from the time of Herod.
I have somewhere - not sure where I put it away - an approximatively cube-shaped stone with rounded edges I've found among the ruins of a bronze age hilltop fortress (not telling you the region because it might have been illegal to bring it home). it's slightly larger than a tennis ball and I have no idea what it was used for, but it was obviously intentionally shaped and I doubt very much it is modern - for one, I know of no use for anything like it. the fort itself was in use until about 1200 BC.
I have a bronze age tumulus grave (likely 3, but only 1 of them are officially registered)
I have have a coin of Antoninus Pius
This thred has inspired me.
Ordering an emperor Hadrian coin minted from Alexandria.
I was originally going to get an Alexander the Great coin but the prices were too high. So I settled for a less expensive, less well known homosexual in power.
The oldest I got is a bound collection of letters from the 1700s. Hard to read but super cool to see into someone's daily thoughts from several centuries ago. It would seem they weren't overly fond of the Irish back then.
I have an old alarm clock from the 1980s I think.
I have the Outline of History that my great great grandmother gave to my great grandfather wih an inscription on the first page.
Probably should wrap it in plastic or something.
I have a photo of a distant relative who fought in the Spanish-American war, got a few more from WW1 as well.