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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 2954196, member: 84744&quot;]I was looking at this coin too, I&#039;m glad I didn&#039;t bid it up!&nbsp; The variety with the wheel seems to be much scarcer than without, and it&#039;s very nicely centred with good detail.&nbsp; Nice catch!</p><p><br /></p><p>I looked into these quite a lot after buying this tetartemorion, which (I argue <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-unique-tiny-coin-from-lampsakos.302076/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-unique-tiny-coin-from-lampsakos.302076/">here</a>) dates from around 400 BC (6mm, 0.18g):</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/screen-shot-2017-08-14-at-1-05-09-pm-png.670612/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Same female head on the obverse, but not janiform.&nbsp; I&#039;m also very curious about her identity!&nbsp; I think the best bet is that she is the semi-mythical and deified Lampsace, whom the city was named after.&nbsp; (The story is that she forewarned the early colonists of an attack by the resentful local populace.)&nbsp; According to Plutarch, she was still worshipped as a goddess in his time, i.e. 1st-2nd c. CE.&nbsp; I&#039;m unsure what the janiform arrangement would signify to the Greeks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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