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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silphium Addict, post: 24825570, member: 116882&quot;][USER=150064]@-monolith-[/USER]&nbsp; &nbsp; Even though the &quot;standardized image size&quot; of online auctions can be deceiving, you obtained two excellent miniature works of art! </p><p>[USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER], [USER=112342]@JayAg47[/USER], [USER=147282]@Homer2[/USER]&nbsp; and [USER=26430]@Curtis[/USER]&nbsp; - great tiny coins.</p><p>The detail can be exceptional. In addition to small AR fractions, gold fractions like obols and litrae are very small diameter. I have several obols/litrae from Kyrene, but here are the smallest:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1589597[/ATTACH] </p><p>Kyrene AV hemiobol 300-275 BC</p><p>0.43 g, 5.5 mm, 4h</p><p>O: ship prow right</p><p>R: silphium plant </p><p>BMC Cyrenaica 224a</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1589602[/ATTACH] </p><p>Barke AV hemiobol 435-331 BC</p><p>0.43 g, 6 mm, 4h</p><p>O: horse head right</p><p>R: ram head right</p><p>Naville 261 </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my previous post with some of my smallest AR coins: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/tiny-masterpieces-great-things-in-small-currencies.382858/#post-7737791" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/tiny-masterpieces-great-things-in-small-currencies.382858/#post-7737791">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/tiny-masterpieces-great-things-in-small-currencies.382858/#post-7737791</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Safe storage and handling of small coins can be an issue, especially if you have ever dropped one! I used folded polyethylene envelopes inside a non-PVC flip but couldn&#039;t see both sides of the coin well without removing. Usually the smallest acrylic coin capsule is 14 mm internal diameter but I recently found 10 mm acrylic coin capsules (10 x 2 mm internal&nbsp; 14 x 5 mm external) on eBay from Armour Coin Capsules. The problem with the capsules is that smaller coins can &quot;rattle&quot; around. How do others store these tiny treasures?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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