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Message:: [QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3216338, member: 19463"]Today I went to the Richmond VA coin show.  Two of my favorite dealers skipped this show but will be in Baltimore next week.  That meant I spent all my time and money at one dealer who did come and brought a collection of Greek silver he recently acquired. I found 12 coins that spoke to me including 10 that weighed a total of 1.88g.  Did I mention that the collection was super small silver?  One thing I have been unable to do when it comes to coin photography is to make a coin under 5mm across look impressive on a large computer screen.  These coins will look more like they do in hand if you stand about ten feet from the computer screen. The smallest of the group is 5mm and 0.10g from Phokaia.  I am taking the seller's ID as correct but have not found a match online yet.  I still have much looking to do.  I have found a couple of the larger tetartemorion size but this appears to be a hemitartemorion or 1/192 stater.  In all honesty, I have no idea what standard was intended here or what the original owner called this denomination. The obverse shows a gryphon head right.  Detail could be better.  The reverse is a four part incuse.  There is a big difference in the details you can fit on a 5mm flan and a 7mm one.  This ties for my smallest coin. [ATTACH=full]836337[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]