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Earliest dated coin?

I’m just curious - does anybody know when coins started having the date on them? I’m not too familiar with history, but if I understand correctly, even as recent as the middle ages the average person really wasn’t concerned with what year it was. I wonder when dates became important enough to put on coins?

Dan

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