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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 4224372, member: 15445&quot;][ATTACH=full]1081205[/ATTACH] </p><p>Is my scale wildly out of calibration?&nbsp; The Sear book shows the Ionia Tetartemorion at c. 0.4 grams and this coin is weighing-in at 0.06 grams.&nbsp; I’m getting tired of taking it out of the holder &amp; re-weighing it.&nbsp; IT WEIGHS 0.06 GRAMS on my Dillon scale.&nbsp; It is certainly the smallest ancient coin that I have personally ever handled.&nbsp; It was promptly placed it into a 2x2 so it wouldn’t get lost in the carpeting.</p><p><br /></p><p>0.06 grams would be about 1/48th of a 3.2 gram ancient drachm.&nbsp; What do you folks think?&nbsp; I appreciate your comments &amp; corrections to my coin label.</p><p><br /></p><p>@DougSmith posted a similar conundrum here: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/show-results.325585/#post-3216338" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/show-results.325585/#post-3216338">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/show-results.325585/#post-3216338</a>&nbsp; I agree that it is difficult to make this 4mm coin look impressive on a large computer screen.&nbsp; If you stand about 3 meters from the computer, you will appreciate what this coin looks like in hand with the naked eye. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1081203[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1081204[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>IONIA, Phokaia</b></p><p><b>AR Tetartemorion</b></p><p><b>530-510 B.C.</b></p><p>0.06 grams (0.9 grains),&nbsp; 4 mm.</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Head of griffin facing right.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Incuse square roughly quartered.</p><p><b>Grade:</b> Good fine or a VF.&nbsp; Well centered coin w/ obverse griffin head easy to see w/o magnification.</p><p><b>Other:</b> Sear 3500D, B.M.C. 14.215, 85.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Do you have a teeny-tiny coin?&nbsp; <b><span style="color: #ff0000">Please post ‘em if you got ‘em.</span></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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