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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2986854, member: 82322&quot;]Before coins had writing it must have been difficult to figure out the denomination.&nbsp; It is fairly easy to tell a tetradrachm from a drachm from an obol by weight.&nbsp; But it can be hard to tell an obol from a 1/2 or 3/2 obol.&nbsp; The Boeotians found a great solution for this problem:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]735951[/ATTACH] </p><p>BOIOTIA, Thebes. 525-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.53 g).</p><p>Obv: Half Boiotian shield</p><p>Rev: Square incuse with a recessed large triangle (divided by a line), a small triangle, and a square (divided by a line).</p><p>Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton IX, January 2006, lot 326 (BCD collection)</p><p>Ex Dr. J.S. Wilkinson Collection (Malter 49, November 1992), lot 422.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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