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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1761869, member: 19463&quot;]That is a quite decent specimen. Any Athens coin under obol is less common but the real rarity in the series is the 1/8th obol which I don&#039;t have to show. You will also see it listed as a hemitartemorion. There are other cities with more common tiny coins. My smallest coins weigh about 0.1g but I do have a Syracuse hexas that is a bit laminated so it is down to 0.05g. All are shown on my Tiny Treasures page:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/tiny.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/tiny.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/tiny.html</a></p><p>from which I listed my photo of my 5mm diameter (but thick enough to weigh 0.1g) from Phocaea:</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/0phocentcomb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The photo here required piecing together the Lincoln so you can find a seam if you look.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In other threads I have bemoaned the fact that my only child has no interest in my coins. That is not quite true. She has always said that she would keep my obols and under collection. There is a special appeal to these little things even to a non collector.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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