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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 7679823, member: 98035"]The Romans actually made a Quartuncia (1/48 as or 1/480 denarius) albeit briefly, shortly after 211 BC. It's small by modern standards but at 16mm still far from being "tiny"</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1319074[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The semuncia is bigger, starting at about 21mm and shrinking to about 15mm over time. Mine is earlier, about 20mm across</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1319076[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The tiny bronze coins come mostly from Asia Minor, where 9-12mm AEs are common from a variety of cities. I'm not sure how much they were worth, but it can't be much!</p><p>Troas, Skepsis AE11mm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1319084[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I've noticed is that across all cultures, coins smaller than 5mm are very rare, and those that are usually have either an extremely simple design, or barely any design at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>My personal favorite- a 5mm tetartemorion (I've heard conflicting theories about either Miletos, from 500 BC, or Mylasia, 400 BC) engraved by a master of their art (grain of rice included for scale) - I need to re-shoot this one actually; the wrinkles on the lion's nose don't fully come through</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1319091[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 7679823, member: 98035"]The Romans actually made a Quartuncia (1/48 as or 1/480 denarius) albeit briefly, shortly after 211 BC. It's small by modern standards but at 16mm still far from being "tiny" [ATTACH=full]1319074[/ATTACH] The semuncia is bigger, starting at about 21mm and shrinking to about 15mm over time. Mine is earlier, about 20mm across [ATTACH=full]1319076[/ATTACH] The tiny bronze coins come mostly from Asia Minor, where 9-12mm AEs are common from a variety of cities. I'm not sure how much they were worth, but it can't be much! Troas, Skepsis AE11mm [ATTACH=full]1319084[/ATTACH] One thing I've noticed is that across all cultures, coins smaller than 5mm are very rare, and those that are usually have either an extremely simple design, or barely any design at all. My personal favorite- a 5mm tetartemorion (I've heard conflicting theories about either Miletos, from 500 BC, or Mylasia, 400 BC) engraved by a master of their art (grain of rice included for scale) - I need to re-shoot this one actually; the wrinkles on the lion's nose don't fully come through [ATTACH=full]1319091[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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