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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 5394329, member: 82549"]I found this little pipsqueak in a small lot of Greek AR fractions. It's worn and corroded, and I doubt I will be able to identify it, but I'd like to be able to at least classify it correctly. So I have a few questions:</p><p>1) Am I correct that, at around 4.9 mm and 0.19g, this is a tetartemorion and not a hemiobol?</p><p>2) Could it be called a 1/96th stater, or does that imply that it is gold or electrum?</p><p>3) Is it safe to assume that it dates from the late 6th to early 5th century B.C.?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the photo, (with a nod to Doug Smith by shooting it atop a penny):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1232245[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 5394329, member: 82549"]I found this little pipsqueak in a small lot of Greek AR fractions. It's worn and corroded, and I doubt I will be able to identify it, but I'd like to be able to at least classify it correctly. So I have a few questions: 1) Am I correct that, at around 4.9 mm and 0.19g, this is a tetartemorion and not a hemiobol? 2) Could it be called a 1/96th stater, or does that imply that it is gold or electrum? 3) Is it safe to assume that it dates from the late 6th to early 5th century B.C.? Here's the photo, (with a nod to Doug Smith by shooting it atop a penny): [ATTACH=full]1232245[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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