The Baltimore show yesterday wore me out (partly due to the 3 hour ride each way on the club charter bus). The only coin I have photographed of the 13 that followed me home is a type I have wanted for at least 20 years but is is not the #1 want of its series (there is one half its size I really want) and is such a terrible specimen. I look forward to replacing it someday. acsearch shows a few better ones; Svoronos actually shows a couple that are worse. We all have to ask whether we should buy a 'space filler' or just do without. Rather than ID this right now, I'll post it as an ID challenge for those who think they are skilled in such things. The coin is 5mm at its widest point and weighs 0.15g. It came with a very old and properly IDed envelope from an equally old group of coins suggesting it was part of a collection for several decades. Considering the number of coins I bought at the show, it seems like one that anyone with any sense would leave behind but you know me better than that. I really enjoyed the Baltimore show. Two people read the name tag and greeted me as having enjoyed my website. A dealer I had not seen for ten years greeted me and remembered what I collected back then (I collect everything now). At least some of the other coins will get photographed and posted over the next few days. One was even selected for this group's preferences (a female portrait animal coin).
I have no idea what this is, but based on your prior posts mentioning "wants", is this an archaic trihemitetartemorion of Athens? Is that Athena's head and crest on the obverse? Crescent moon and pellets on the reverse?
Ahaha, I love your new addition ... but I love the way that you tell your coin-tale even more (I feel a bit sorry for your poor coin that got posted because it was the worst of the 13 coins that followed you home ... kinda like the runt of the litter) Wow, it sure is a tiny lil' thing (5 mm at its widest part and weighing-in at 0.15 grams) ... my bee coin has similar characteristics and is referred to as a "tetartemorion" (but TIF could certainly be correct with her guess at the denomination ... oh, and her ID-description sounds plausible enough ... I don't recall ever noticing a coin of this type, but it is certainly super-interesting) => I love the lil' archaic examples So far, I like the first addition of your new litter of strays!! I look forward to seeing your female animal coin (Miss Gryphon, perhaps?)
As neat as these teeny things are, I will finally admit they dont excite me much. It's cool the engraving thats done to such small things, but I just dont get any excitement over them.
ATTICA, Athens. Circa 393-294 BC. AR Tetartemorion, Helmeted head of Athena right / Crescent within incuse square.
Mat is right. A few of them make it clear that the A@E legend was above the crescent but mine require a lot of imagination to see anything beyond an o. I have not seen the 1/8 (half of this one) but would love to. The photo of one in Sear is actual size and not very clear.
