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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24825435, member: 26430&quot;]As someone who collects Greek fractions, that first coin is very nice for the size. (But is it possible you switched the weights? 0.38 would be more typical of the top/Kasolaba type &amp; 0.25 for the lower, Mylasa/Miletos type.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is a similar variety of Hemitetartmorion (my particular type now attributed to the Satrap Hekatomnus by Konuk). The OP coin should be a Kasolaba Hemiobol (= 2 Tetartemoria = 4x larger)?</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is 4mm, 0.12g:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1589595[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1589594[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p>Ex Elvira Clain-Stefanelli Collection = <a href="http://hno.huma-num.fr/browse?idType=1922" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://hno.huma-num.fr/browse?idType=1922" rel="nofollow">HN Online 1922</a> (specimen 3 = this coin)</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>If you look to the right of the bust, there is an inscription, EK (unlike the OP coin, which has Carian script, probably for Casolaba). This cannot be seen with the naked eye (and went unnoticed by numismatists until recent years). It is not only a mystery that they were able to engrave so finely, but that they would do it all, since the result was essentially invisible.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have quite a lot of Greek AR fractions that small or even smaller.</p><p>A few more from a group lot from the H.A. Cahn Collection (not even the smallest of them, which didn&#039;t show any detail at that distance). There&#039;s a considerable difference in size between the small coins in the top row and the tiny coins in the bottom:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1589596[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly, it never occurred to me that the physical measurements could be considered the &quot;fine print&quot; or that people bid without checking it. Even if I&#039;m very familiar with a type and bidding on dozens or more coins in an auction, I always look at the measurements, if nothing else (e.g., to know if it&#039;s small or large for type).</p><p><br /></p><p>Aside from the photo and the provenance, that&#039;s the only information the seller has that you can&#039;t know independently (unless you recognize that specimen), so I consider it the most important.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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