Actually a 1/12th Stater. As you can see by the third picture, it’s 1/4th the size of our modern day Dime. Miletos was an Ancient Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia. They laid out their streets much like today, almost grid like. It has good details and well centered and it has reticulated surfaces which were typical of many archaic fractional coins. 10 x 7 mm, 1.0g Late 6th-Early 5th Century BC. Obv. Fore part of a lion right, head turned left. Rev. Stellate design within square incuse.
Gotta love affordable 2500+ year old coins - I really like the coins from Miletos and have some myself.
Congrats, @Collecting Nut MILETOS Ionia Miletos; probably Mylasa, in Caria, AR Tetartemorion 5.6mm 0.2g Roaring Lion Hd - Bird Klein 430 SNG Kay 941 Iona-Miletos Late6thC fine lion
IONA CRYSTALLIZED DESERT PATINA... Iona-Miletos AR Obol Late6thC crystallized lion laying LEFT facing RIGHT
This is the coin that really made me start collecting ancients! I just love the sharp loin and the intricate floral incuse. Ionia Miletos 1/12 Stater 525 BC - 475 BC Ex Biga Numismatics
@Alegandron, I believe there is some disagreement about the origin of your first coin, the tetartemorion. Although formally believed to have originated in Miletos, recently I've seen it attributed to Mylasa, in Caria. Here's my example: and on a penny for scale, biting Lincoln's nose:
Fun little coins. My example is quite worn and, as most of these, not perfectly centered on the obverse but still a good addition I also have this gigantic 5 mm 0.08 g (!) where attribution is not 100% certain as it could be Miletus or Mylasa. Ionia. Miletos circa 525-475 BC / Possible Caria Mylasa Tetartemorion AR Cf. Rosen 407/8. Klein 430; SNG Tubingen 3001; Head of a roaring lion l. R/ Quail standing l. within incuse square
I have several of these but this is the one that is imaged. I really like the intricate star pattern on the reverse of the coin. These are tiny coins, but for collectors they pack a lot of punch because they are easy to collect, affordable and from the dawn of coinage.
