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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 7937153, member: 96898&quot;]Nice thread! I like tiny Green coins. Sometimes I wonder how people back in the day managed to not loose them all the time. Then I look at my collection and realize that they apparently did loose them quite often considering the number of surviving examples...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1373185[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Gaul, Massalia, obol, ca. 4th–1st century BC. Obv: Youthful male head (river god?) left. Rev: MA in wheel with four spokes. 10.65mm, 0.75g. Ref: SNG Copenhagen 723–728; de la Tour 1892, no. 689 or similar.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1373186[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Lycaonia, Laranda, AR obol, 324–323 BC. Obv: Baal Tars seated on throne n.l., holding grain ears and grapes in r. hand and sceptre in l. hand. Rev: forepart of wolf r., in field l., ⌒. 10mm, 0.59g. Göktürk: Small Coins from Cilicia (2000), no. 82 ff.; SNG Levante 223 (for Cilicia); SNG France 443 (for Cilicia). </font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1373189[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Macedonia, Eion, AR trihemiobol, ca. 460-400 BC. Obv: Goose standing r., head turned l.; lizard curving l. above; H to lower r. Rev: quadripartite incuse square. 12 mm, 0,71g. Ref: SNG Cop 179. </font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1373188[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Mysia, Kyzikos, AR hemiobol (?), c. 480–450 BC. Obv: roaring lion’s head l.; star above. Rev: forepart of boar l.; tunny behind. 8mm, 0.25g. Ref: BMC 120; Sear Greek 3850.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1373433[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Thessaly, Larissa, AR obol, ca. 344–337 BC (?).&nbsp; Obv: head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly l., hair in ampyx, with necklace. Rev: [ΛΑΡΙΣ]-ΑΙΩΝ; horse grazing r. 11mm, 0.79g. Ref: BCD Thessaly I (2011), no. 1163; BCD Thessaly II (2013), no. 328, 342–344; SNG Copenhagen 135. Ex FSR, auction 106, lot 59; ex CNG, e-auction 395, lot 94; ex BCD collection.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1373190[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Islands off Thrace, Thasos, AR trihemiobol, c. 411-350&nbsp; BC. Obv: Satyr kneeling l., holding kylix. Rev: ΘAΣ-IΩN; amphora. 12mm, 0.87g. Ref: SNG Copenhagen 103.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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