Unfortunately, I don’t possess any ancient cat coins in my
collection. However, I do have an ancient
Egyptian gold
amulet of the cat-goddess Bastet. I’ve given the ancient
amulet an approximate
New Kingdom dating of over 3,000 years old when the cat cult was at its height. The ancient
Egyptian word, incidentally, for "cat" in hieroglyphs is 𓏇𓇍𓅱𓃠 (
mjw), a consonant-only representation of the onomatopoeic word "miaow."
Egyptian Gold Bastet Amulet, New Kingdom, c.1550-1070 BC, cf. Andrews, C. "Amulets of Ancient Egypt" (London, 1994), item 28f (for type); see the Metropolitan Museum of Art 08.202.41c (for similar example), EF, some bitumen deposits, casting sprue remnant behind right ear, weight 0.5g, maximum length 0.5cm (3/16"), width 0.3cm (1/8"), height 0.8cm (5/16"), solid-cast gold amuletic pendant of the cat-goddess Bastet in zoomorphic cat-form sitting erect on a sub-rectangular base, detailing to face and paws, the tail wrapped around its right side; blocked suspension loop to nape of neck.