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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2219115, member: 56859&quot;]Very nice tiny coins!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few of my favorite smallest coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_8a4184af6d4e4930bf30d77d1bcf4fb3.jpg_srb_p_800_447_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!caria-mylasa--ar-hemiobol/chsu" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!caria-mylasa--ar-hemiobol/chsu" rel="nofollow">CARIA, Mylasa</a></b></p><p>450-400 BCE</p><p>AR hemiobol, 7 x 9 mm, 0.5 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; facing forepart of lion</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; scorpion within incuse square</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; SNG von Aulock 7803; Klein 429 (Milet)</p><p><i>This was one of my first supertiny coins.&nbsp; Despite knowing the measurements, seeing it was a shock.&nbsp; I paid too much for it but am not regretful.&nbsp; At the time, my rationalization was that I would give it to my mother, a Scorpio (she somewhat likes astrology and loves her scorpion symbol).&nbsp; I was able to justify not giving it to her because it was just too small.&nbsp; Her elderly eyes would not be able to appreciate it.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I&#039;ve bought several coins due to telling myself they were for gifts, knowing deep down that the gifts would never be given.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_cf0a4cb8819a4227958adff7b6c93c43.jpg_srb_p_1000_522_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/selinos-litra-this-tiny-coin-has-it-all.258915/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/selinos-litra-this-tiny-coin-has-it-all.258915/">SICILY, Selinos</a></b></p><p>Circa 410 BCE</p><p>AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, some porosity. Rare.</p><p><i>ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich;</i></p><p><i>ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404;</i></p><p><i>ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_1224ab3120ba448fadc224f033302aa3.jpg_srb_p_700_353_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!macedon-pangeion-region--ar5/c14n3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!macedon-pangeion-region--ar5/c14n3" rel="nofollow">MACEDON, Pangeion region</a></b></p><p>Uncertain mint, 5th century BCE</p><p>AR 5 mm, 0.26 gm</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;,&nbsp; Nomismatika Khronika (1998), 67</p><p><i>This enigmatic 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.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_8e06bad0c82747db9f5c5e8530bbdfe7.jpg_srb_p_1000_513_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/she-sells-seashells-by-the-seashore-tarentum-litra.256210/#post-2031352" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/she-sells-seashells-by-the-seashore-tarentum-litra.256210/#post-2031352">CALABRIA, Tarentum</a></b></p><p>325-280 BCE</p><p>AR litra, 11 mm, 0.56 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; cockle shell</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; dolphin right, trident below (I think it might be a bunch of grapes)</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Vlasto 1530 (if grapes rather than trident, Vlasto 1527)</p><p><i>freed from its slab, NGC Choice VF 5/5-3/5; cert# 3601372-003</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_201af7c18b7845be864dbcae5950ae42.jpg_srb_p_1000_502_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/snakebit-celtic-quinarius-little-dancing-man.256052/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/snakebit-celtic-quinarius-little-dancing-man.256052/">CELTIC, Central Europe (Rhineland). &quot;Dancing Mannikin&quot; type</a></b></p><p>65 -40 BCE, or thereabouts</p><p>AR Quinarius, 13 mm, 1.62 gm</p><p>Obv: dancing mannikin right, head turned left, holding snake in right hand, torque in left hand.</p><p>Rev: horse standing right, head turned left; around, zig zag border.</p><p>Ref: SLM 1118. Dembski 73, 396. <i>(I&#039;ll have to take the seller&#039;s word on that for now. If any of you have a Celtic reference and find this inaccurate, please let me know.)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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