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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7292896, member: 19463&quot;]That is a very nice example of this series which is quite extensive if you want to get into minor variations and denominations.&nbsp; I have a few but not the ones shown here so far.&nbsp; My smallest is 1/4 obol (tetartemorion) and has only the tunny.&nbsp; It was first shown here by Stevex6 from whose sale I bought it. 0.2g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1276230[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A later 1/4 obol shows two tunny fish. 0.2g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1276231[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My obol has a retrograde K in the field but the tunny is off flan. 0.7g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1276232[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>At 1.2g this trihemiobol seems relatively massive.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1276233[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I remain uncertain of the denominations and feel it unlikely that the people who used these called them by the Athenian names but do not propose a more accurate system.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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