Another largest/smallest thread.

After a million snaps i have only improved my photography skills slightly.

34mm Ptolemy IV and a 6mm Hekatomnos tetartemorion.

Post your large/small combos!

 

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Wow that's a tiny coin!

Thanks,
Jacob

 

Nice!

 

great photo job making

 

fun

 

That's a very cool picture, @ancientone ! I think your photography is just fine. I have this tetartemorion of Mylasa on the way, 6mm, 0.28g...



At the moment it's stuck in the dreaded time warp known as New York ISC, but when it arrives I'll take a picture of it on this 65 gram Ptolemy and post it in this thread.

 

That's a beautiful tetartemorion, @ancientone. Sweet hekte, @lordmarcovan - let's see the reverse! And I'd love to see @Bing's eagle head over the head of the eagle on the quarter.

10x diameter difference: Tetartemorion from Lampsakos, c. 400 BC (6mm); and Xian Feng (1851-1861), 100 cash, Suzhou mint (60 mm).

 

Never mind, just checked it in the eclectic box post. Awesome!!

 

I have a couple coins in the extreme...


Ionia AR Tetartemorion 4mm 0.13g 530-500 BCE Rosette - Incuse sq punch 5 pellets SNG von Aulock 1807 ex: @John Anthony


Carthage AE 15-Shekel 45mm dia 7.5mm thick 102.6g 201-175 BCE Hannibal Tanit 4hoove down Horse SNG Cop 400 RARE R1


Carthage AE 15-Shekel 45mm dia 7.5mm thick 102.6g 201-175 BCE vs. Ionia AR Tetartemorion 4mm 0.13g 530-500 BCE

Diameter: 11 to 1
Weight: 789 to 1
Thickness of 15-Shekel is almost 2x the DIAMETER of the Tetetamorion.

 

So jealous of that pendekashekel....

 

Wow, some amazingly large and small coins, folks.

Here is a little Greek coin I found in an uncleaned lot:

ANTIOCHOS III AE, 223 - 187 BC, 11.9mm, 1.93g, Antioch Mint
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo to right.
Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY to sides of naked Apollo standing to left, holding arrow in extended right hand and resting left on bow.
References: SNG Spaer 590

John

 

A 1966 Bahamas 5 Dollars (about 44mm) and a 1646 VOC Paliakate Kas 6 (9mm)

 

Here are some selection from coin I currently have out and on my table to play with (new purchase, reshoot pile). A 40 mm modern AR coin from France (you may recognize from one of the recent JA auctions) and an 11 mm 1st century Indo-Parthian AE drachm.



The drachm "edges" it out in this dimension however!



Here are some respectable pics of these coins.



O: LUD·XV·D·G·FR· ET NAV·REX· (Louis XV, By the Grace of God, King of France and Navarre) . Hound below (Engravers mark)

Engraver: J-C Röettiers

R: SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTUM ·1761· (Blessed be the name of God) R (Orleans mint mark)

28.9 g, 40 mm



Indo-Parthian, Sases, AE Drachm, 1st Century AD

O: Bust right. R: Pallas, Shield and Thunderbolt. 11 mm, 2.7 g.

 

Great coins everybody! I was inspired to make another.

 

Wow, what is the big one?

 

It is an orichalcum Vespasian Duponduis.

 

My smallest:



My largest: