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Too bad, it would have saved a lot of bloodshed.
Here is a AV 1/24 Daric
Pixodaros 341-334BC/ Satrap of Karia ex: Adams Coll.
Halikarnassus Mint
Next up: Another Carian coin

 

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My only one from Caria:


Plotina, c. AD 105-122.
Roman provincial Æ 20.0 mm, 5.43 g, 6 h.
Caria, Tabae, AD 105-122.
Obv: ΠΛΩΤЄΙΝ CЄΒΑCΤΗ, diademed and draped bust, right, hair in plait behind
Rev: ΤΑΒΗ-ΝΩΝ, stag standing right.
Refs: RPC III 2292; BMC 18. 170, 79; SNG von Aulock 2720; SNG München 455-6; Robert 143.
Notes: Reverse die match to SNG von Aulock 2720. "Plate" coin at Austin College's Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins.

Next: wife of an adoptive emperor.

 

@panzerman
Where would us ancients collectors be without Alex? Stuck with those Sigloi or Darics. The wonderful world of Alexanders from his times to c 72 BC, the incredible world of the coinage of the diadochi, the break-up world of the diadochi eg the Baktrians. The rise of the beautiful stephanophores....until the ugly denerii. Thank you Alexander..truly the Great.

 

1.0g 1/6 ? (I usually show my one half this size - I am uncertain of the weight standards involved).

Next another small fractional of a series MUCH more common as a large coin

 

I agree, Persian coinage is pretty bland. The Ptolemaiac/ Seleucide/ Macedonian coins are beautifull. Today we still have both opposing Empires withus. Macedonia and Persia. I have the Shahs Proof Set of 1971 commerating 2,500 years of Empire of Persia.

 

@Alegandron already responded to that one.

 

Plotina
Augusta
AR Denarius
Obv.: PLOTINA AVG IMP TRAIANI, Draped bust right.
Rev.: CAES AVG GERMA DAC COS VI PP, Vesta seated left on throne, holding palladium and sceptre.
Ag, 3.57g, 19mm
Ref.: RIC II 730 [R3], CRE 15 [R2]

Next: Rare roman empress

 

Galla Placidia/ Wife of Western Roman Emperor Constantine III
AV Tremissis ND Ravenna Mint
next up/ Coin from Constantine III

 

out of turn - next not changed

Next: Coin from Constantine III

 

It's been 12 hours. I went to post this yesterday but accidently jumped the gun a bit. Here these are now; I want to show off this impossibly small coin series I just received. These coins are attributed to the little-known Michen Kingdom of Lower Burma, circa 775-835 AD. They apparently circulated locally around the Gulf of Martaban. The coins are a tiny silver bracteate series showing a four-petaled flower with a stem (on some) and a dimple in the flower. They are tightly standardized at 0.03 grams (0.29 grams over 10) and 7-8mm wide. They're paper thin and feel very fragile.

Michen Kingdom of Lower Burma
c. 775-835 AD
AR Bracteate (1/2 ratti) | 0.03 g | 7mm
Obv: Four-petalled flower with stem and dimple within flower
Rev: Reversed impression
Ref: Than Htun PL 155.3, Mitchiner#565-571, Krisadaolarn A403​

Bonus: A map of the five locations within Burma (Myanmar) given by Than Htun these coins circulated

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Next: The smallest coin known from a region; must be <0.33g

 

Here is one of my smaller ones of IONIA:


Ionia Kolophon AR Tetartemorion 530-520 BCE Archaic Apollo Incuse Punch 0.15g 4.5mm- SNG Kayhan 343 Left old


Next: MORE TINIES

 

Attica. Athens
Tritartemorion (454-404 BC)
Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right.
Rev: A Θ Ε within three crescents
Ag, 6mm, 0.48g
Ref.: Kroll 21b, SNG Copenhagen 57


Next: Another tiny coin

 

Srivijaya Kingdom of Sumatra
c. 960-1300 AD
EL 1/4 Kupang (1/16 Massa) | 0.16 grams | 5mm | scyphate flan
Obv: Incused sandalwood flower motif
Rev: Sumatran style ma in Nagari script

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Next: More tiny coins

 

Tiny


Uncert West Asia Minor Karia 5th C BC AR tetartemorion 5mm 0.15g Female - Frprt Bull man r Kayhan 968 exc rght

Next: More TINIES

 

Srivijaya Kingdom of Sumatra
c. 830-1100 AD
Tin Bead Coin | 0.25g | 5.5mm - 2mm thick
Obv: Three concentric circles
Rev: Five Dots in X
Unpublished

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Next: Another small coin

 

Another that is similar to your coin and SMALLER


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

Next: Coin with RINGS

 

Amazing the similarities in designs a millennium and half apart, plus thousands of miles. How about a coin with a single ring?? Not necessarily ancient but it is of quite archaic design and method.

Korintji (Kerinci) People of Interior Sumatra
c. 1700-1900 AD
Brass Ring Money (Ringgeld, Anye Ring)
2.38 grams | 22mm
Millies#210-211
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Next: Another non-traditional coin

 

Ring Money


Celtic AE 3 Arches Ring 700-500 BCE 3.0g 23mm DePew Collection

Next: CELTIC

 

Is this cheating? They are Celtic
I guess you expected a coin from the Celtic home region.


Kings of Galatia. Amyntas. AE Bronze. 39-25 BC.
Obverse: Head of bearded Herakles to right with club over his shoulder; behind E, C.
Reverse: Lion walking to right with open jaws; B above, monogram of Amyntas in the exergue.
Reference: SNG France 2378. RPC I 3505.
12.34g

Next: Coin from Galatia

 

Perhaps appropriate that I share this coin, and the thread from @Pavlos The last king of Galatia where I learned that the portrait on this coin might be Cleopatra inspired.

King Amyntas of Galatia, 36-25 BC, AE, Uncertain mint in Galatia, Pisidia or Lykaonia
Obv: Draped bust of Artemis right, with bow and quiver over shoulder.
Rev: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ / AMYNTOY, stag standing right.
Size: 5.40g, 18mm
Ref: RPC I 3503

Next: another 1st century BC coin from Asia Minor