Petite ear of grain – Miniature coin of Tragilos

Anoob & I were sorting through a bunch of ancient material when Anoob came across this little coin. He quietly showed it to me and about 14 seconds later I had it purchased. Anoob went home with what he wanted & I went home with the coins I wanted. We call it teamwork.


MACEDON, Tragilos
AR Hemiobol 450-410 B.C.
0.30 grams, 7 mm.
Obv: Simple ear of grain
surrounded by beaded border
Rev: T R I A in the quarters of an
inverse relief square.
Grade: Exceptionally nice. Much
better than the average EF
with attractive toning.
Other: Sear 1470.

This little coin is well centered and well preserved with sharp details. (It’s either a good find or a good counterfeit). The little thing even has a legend that you can read without magnification.

Wa da ya think?
Please post ‘em if you got ‘em.

 

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Nice detail

 

AWESOME!!! I love it.

 

GREAT fractional! I would have jumped on that coin as well.

 

That is very sweet!

 

That's a fantastic coin. I'm always amazed at how much detail they got on such little coins.

 

It's so adorable.
and old.

 

Like JA said: GREAT fractional! I would have jumped on that coin as well.

Am I the only one that wonders if there was a poliical connection with Metapontum?

 

Good cripes! You and @Ancientnoob have a great eye for cool ones!

Here are my only HemiObols:

SILVER:

Mysia Kyzikos AR Hemiobol 480-450 BCE 0.4g Boar-Lion Sear 3850

BRONZE:

Bruttium AE 18mm Hemiobol 215-205 BC 2nd Punic Nymph Terina Nike Zeus

 

Tragilos is geographically far away from Metapontum. Tragilos is just a short distance up-stream from Amphipolis which was a city originally founded by the Athenians. Here is my Metapontum example:

LUCANIA Metapontum
AR Stater - Nomos
530 - 500 B.C.
25 mm, 7.67 grams
Obv: Ear of barley w/ 7 grains
in norm relief ME-TA.
Rev: Ear of barley w/ 7 grains
inverse relief.
Grade: Perfectly aligned & centered
VF w/ cabinet tone
Other: Cf SGC 235. SNG ANS 203. Noe 97. Private sale from Davisson’s Cold Spring MN March 2017. Seller says 550-520 B.C.

 

that's a awesome little coin, with some killer grain!

Here is my only fractional Greek of the year....



LESBOS, 5th century BC. 1/24 stater.

O: Confronted boars' heads R: Quadripartite incuse square, divided diagonally. HGC 6, 1071. VF. 7 mm, 0.7 g.

 

Wow, yet another cool type of coin. Amazing stuff.

 

Very nice

 

I think you made the right call going after it! Oh, I hope @Ancientnoob is doing well. Haven't seen much of him lately around the forums.

 

I've just asked @Ancientnoob to post something here & say hi.

 

Tis a great fractional, my first impression was, wow! Fine metal, awesome detail!
@Jwt708 I feel loved thanks!
@Alegandron Thanks man!

I'd show you what I went home with but it's not for the faint of heart.

 

Anoob! How's it goin' buddy. And how is little noob? You need to come by once in a while and post something. We all miss you.

 

Ya, what Bing said!

 

Hey @Bing thanks been working tons and not really buying a lot of coins. The noob(s) are great Evan is going to 5 and just started Kindergarten and Donald is 6 months and just started teething. I will make every effort to start posting some more.

 

Little Noob is almost 5? My how time flies. I remember when he was born.