Ancients => Ummm, who stole my pants?!! (and a flyin' pig)

Are they differentiated by weight? Because I see various coins around 0.1g and 0.2g called tetartemorions, both in the range of 5-6mm. Are the lighter ones the hemis? It seems different sources disagree on terminology.

 

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They should be differentiated by weight, an "hemi-" being half the denomination (theoretically). But at those sizes the distinction is not always clear apparently.

I guess that hemitetartemorion is [often] loosely used for technically underweight tetartemorion (1/4 obol).

 

Yes Mat, the coin does have a bit of a suspect surface ... however, it is very rare, so I gambled on it ...

NOTE => I've only found 7 examples of this coin (including my example) and my coin was the 2nd cheapest of those 7 examples (very unlike me, eh?)

=> ummm, but I could not find any examples on Wildwinds (maybe I'm blind, or searching incorrectly?)

 

I have some surface issue coins to that I got cheap and I am very happy to own. So its no biggie

 

Many of the name coin dealers throw around would surprise the guys that issued them. Athens had a system including the name hemitartemorion for 1/8 obol but many small coins were not fractions of an obol or 1/8 anything but we tend to force Greek coins into a familiar system. Even cities that used the names did not always agree on the exact weight of the base unit so there will be variations in weight before we even get to the fact that making an accurate batch of .1g blanks would be hard with any technology.

We see both hemitetartemorion and hemitatemorion. Sear uses the latter but the former makes more sense to me as half of the quarter. I am not sure how to research this and who I would believe. The Greeks might have dropped a syllable out of desires for euphony and I put a lot of weight on Sear having used the short version so it is my current preference. Help, anyone?

 

Wow, TIF - I'm impressed! (and a little dizzy now from watching it for too long)

 

Thanks, AJ.

That's Pigasus trying to fly to my house

I just frittered away an hour and a half making it. But I learned a few things about photoshop so we'll call it 'educational time'.

 

"awesome" ...

=> well, now that I know it can be trained to fly, I'm keeping it for sure !!

 

JA => you're correct, this coin is quite small in "diameter" ... but it must be built like a lil' tank, for it is 2.75 grams o' silver!! (it's built like a little fat kid!!)

 

That pig is awesome Steve. You knew that anyway but still..

 

Wow. Just when I thought this forum couldn't get any loonier, lol.

 

pigs on the wing!

 

I believe the Greeks also used the term 'When turtles fly' but have never seen a coin to illustrate it. Help, anyone?

 

awesome ... I smoked a bowl and cranked it!!

=> retro high-schoool daze!! (thanks)

 

Huh ... well that's a first!?

=> that is the only time that I've posted a coin and nobody else has posted another example!!

=> wow, apparently the write-up must be correct? => maybe this coin is actually kinda rare, eh?

... sweet!!

 

Oh, and by the way ... my birthday-wife is takin' a nice cat-nap (she is so sweet) ...

=> I bought her an ipod mini 32 giga-mega-whateva ... she seemed happy ...

We went out for a fancy lunch and then we visited her younger brother's newborn baby (only 2 days old) => then when we got back home she read her book and fell asleep => all-in-all the day seems to be a total winner ..... if and when she wakes-up, we have a movie to watch while snuggling in the ol' sack!! (a nice back-massage is definitely in her future) ...

... well done stevex6, well done!!

 

Yeah, good job. Treat a lady right.

As far as the coin goes, you may have cornered the market. I don't even have any coins of Mysia to share, although I like some of the types. Just haven't pulled the trigger on any.

 

Thanks JA ... yah, my gal rocks!!

Curious => I couldn't find an example of my coin on Wildwinds? (is it just my ineptness, or is it absent?)

 

I don't know. I've never seen one like yours, but that isn't saying anything. Those little obols and fractions of obols seem to come in an infinite variety of types.