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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2350761, member: 56859&quot;]That&#039;s a great little coin, Bing!&nbsp; Apparently rather rare too.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve shown these many times but here are my smallest.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_e6d427d86f964184b5ddea492ddc90d2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_496,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_e6d427d86f964184b5ddea492ddc90d2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_1224ab3120ba448fadc224f033302aa3.jpg/v1/fill/w_840,h_424,al_c,lg_1,q_90/ae43f8_1224ab3120ba448fadc224f033302aa3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MACEDON, uncertain</b></p><p>c. 500 BCE</p><p>AR trihemitetartemorion (trihemiobol), 6 mm, 0.28 gm (first coin), 5 mm, 0.26 gm (second coin)</p><p>Obv: monkey squatting left</p><p>Rev: round shield or pellet within incuse square</p><p>Ref: &quot;Uncertain Thraco-Macedonian Coins, Part II&quot;, Nomismatika Khronika (1998, Tzamalis), 67</p><p>This odd series showing a monkey squatting either right or left with a round shield on the reverse, is the only Greek coinage of the classical period to depict such an animal. Monkeys are known to have been kept as house pets in antiquity, but its significance in this context is unknown.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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