I believe I've discovered THE most perfect Ptolemaic chalkous.

I agree with @Alegandron... your loss

Here's an assortment of small coins, 5 mm to 11 mm:



The Selinos litra, for example is one of my favorite coins. The engraver packed an amazing amount of artistry into this 11 mm canvas!


SICILY, Selinos
Circa 410 BCE
AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h
Obv: nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above
Rev: man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right
Ref: Potamikon, p. 116 figure 152 (this coin); HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, some porosity. Rare.
ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich;
ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404;
ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript

 

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Without a loupe I can't see quite that small. I've been perusing Vcoins. I'm paying a LOT of attention to diameter.
I have a 1917 Canadian 5 cent that is only 15mm. I much prefer the 25mm 1918 one central. And by 1920 they are the size of US coins.

Even the Constantine at 20mm is far easier to see than 15mm...

 

This thread could be called "Go Small or Go Home."

 

You're not the only one who isn't that into tiny coins. The smallest coin I own is 10mm, and that's probably my absolute limit. I really like stuff that's around 18mm or more.

 

I'll admit you wanted that one

Glad you got it!!

-Doug

 

@TIF: I bid, but was not prepared to go Clio. Now that I have an octodrachm monster, though, I definitely need a tiny chalkous to go with it! Will be on the lookout...

 

Small ones go for strong prices because everyone needs one to compliment their large one! I thought hard about going after it but the bidding went too fast for me.