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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2219107, member: 51347&quot;]I am just amazed with the incredible detail and hand-craftsmanship required to pound out these little silver-biscuits!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I am also always fascinated on using this TINY of a coin in commerce and transactions!&nbsp; In my grubby paws, I would drop or lose all my money and would always be a poor man!&nbsp; Or, at my age and bad eyesight, think this was one of the pills I have to pop! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I love the reverted lion&#039;s head...looks like roaring.&nbsp; However, the reverse has a very ornate pattern that I think is a subtle design, but is very complex to hand-carve into the dies.&nbsp; Especially in this size...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]434500[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]434501[/ATTACH]</p><p>Iona-Miletos</p><p>Late 6th C - Early 5th C BCE</p><p>AR Obol (1/12 Stater)</p><p>9.5mm, 1.22g</p><p>Obv: Forepart of Lion, L, reverted.</p><p>Rev: Stellate Pattern within incuse square</p><p>SNG Kayhan 4627</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]434509[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]434510[/ATTACH]</p><p>Iona-Miletos</p><p>Late 6th C - Early 5th C BCE</p><p>AR Obol (1/12 Stater)</p><p>9.5mm x 9.7mm oblong, 1.2g</p><p>Obv: Forepart of Lion, L, reverted.</p><p>Rev: Stellate Pattern within incuse square</p><p>SNG Copenhagen 944-951; SNG Kayhan476-482</p><p><br /></p><p><b>LOL, compare THESE with [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] &#039;s Carthage MONGO-BURGER Shekel or Ptolemy Tet!!!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I put them against my largest Ptolemy IV Tet:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]434513[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ptol IV Kissing the Lion!</p><p><br /></p><p>Aaaannnd...&nbsp; Eagle doo-doo</p><p>[ATTACH=full]434516[/ATTACH]</p><p>Kingdom of Egypt</p><p>Ptolemy IV, 221-205</p><p>AE Drachm, 40.01mm x <b>7.2mm</b> (&#039;pert-near the WIDTH of the Obol) thick, <b>69.46g</b></p><p>Obv: Diademed head of Zeus Ammon r.</p><p>Rev: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt</p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to toss down your little ones...&nbsp; I know there are a BUNCH tinier than mine...&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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