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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2137089, member: 19463"]What mint is your obol? I believe mine is Arados. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]407815[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The only part of my collection that my daughter wants when I am gone are my 'Tiny Treasures'. I keep them separately to make that easier when the time comes. To make the cut, a coin has to be smaller than an obol. I notice a lot more interest in them lately which means I am not getting as many. Certainly many of them are in poor condition since they tend to be individual finds not protested by pots with other coins. </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><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/tinyset.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>#1 on my want list is a 1/8th obol of Athens but they almost never show up. Most so identified are Eastern copies rather than Athenians or terrible condition larger denominations. I bought the ugly thing below as what it is - a 1/4 obol at 0.15g. It shows the helmet rather well but sorry about the face. This is my space filler. Hopefully I'll get a better one someday. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]407813[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2137089, member: 19463"]What mint is your obol? I believe mine is Arados. [ATTACH=full]407815[/ATTACH] The only part of my collection that my daughter wants when I am gone are my 'Tiny Treasures'. I keep them separately to make that easier when the time comes. To make the cut, a coin has to be smaller than an obol. I notice a lot more interest in them lately which means I am not getting as many. Certainly many of them are in poor condition since they tend to be individual finds not protested by pots with other coins. [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/tiny.html[/url] [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/tinyset.jpg[/IMG] #1 on my want list is a 1/8th obol of Athens but they almost never show up. Most so identified are Eastern copies rather than Athenians or terrible condition larger denominations. I bought the ugly thing below as what it is - a 1/4 obol at 0.15g. It shows the helmet rather well but sorry about the face. This is my space filler. Hopefully I'll get a better one someday. [ATTACH=full]407813[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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