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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1825848, member: 19463&quot;]<img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/tinyset.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Left row:</p><p>1. Syracuse, Sicily, hemilitron 440-430 BC, .3g</p><p>2. Athens, Attica, tritartemorion (3/4 obol), 393-300 BC, .5g </p><p>3. Therma, Macedon, hemiobol (1/2 obol), 510-480 BC, .3g </p><p>4.. Kolophon, Ionia, tetartemorion (1/4 obol), 430-400 BC, .2g - This coin is unusual in the monogram &#039;TE&#039; on the reverse (over the cicada) indicating the denomination.</p><p>5. Kebren, Troas, tetartemorion (1/4 obol), 400-350 B.C. .2g</p><p><br /></p><p>Right Row:</p><p>1. Phocaea, 1/8? obol discussed below</p><p>2. Mylassa, Caria, tetartemorion? (1/4 obol), 5th century BC, .1g </p><p>3. Hektatomnos, Satrap of Caria, tetartemorion 395-377 B.C., .2g </p><p>4. Syracuse, Sicily, Tyrant Gelon, hexas (1/6 litra or 1/300th of the popular dekadrachm), 485-478 BC, .05g? This is the lightest coin I have ever seen but the flaking surface of this specimen makes its weight lower than normal. </p><p>5. Rhegion, Bruttium, hemitatemorion (1/8 obol), 466-415 BC, .1g.</p><p>Thasos, Thrace, hemiobol (1/2 obol), 411-350 BC, .2g</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/0phocentcomb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Phocaea, Ionia - Silver 1/8 obol? - Late Sixth Century BC - 5mm, .1g</p><p>Female head &#039;Smyrna type&#039; left / 4 part incuse - Rosen 598</p><p>Proper identification of some very small Greek coins is even more tentative than with the larger denominations. Most date to the archaic period where more study is needed to establish a proper overview of the series. This example seems to match the coin in Waggoner&#039;s <b>Early Greek Coins from the Collection of Jonathan P. Rosen</b>, the most easily available reference on archaic issues. Unlike many famous early collections, this includes large numbers of small denominations as well as the showy tetradrachms. Thousands of these small coins were produced but the percentage that survived was minute. If collectors valued coins solely on rarity, these would be very expensive but demand and prices are low. The photo shows the coin resting on a US cent for size. The two sides were photographed on the same cent with the halves joined in the software. While this coin is my smallest in diameter, its greater thickness causes it to weigh more that the Syracuse hexas.</p><p><br /></p><p>The above is taken from my page </p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/tiny.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/tiny.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/tiny.html</a></p><p>which has a few more slightly larger (obol size) tiny treasures.&nbsp; I have not bought any new ones for quite a while but I have offended a couple dealers who showed me hemidrachms when I asked for hemiobols or smaller.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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