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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ycon, post: 3058403, member: 91771&quot;]My only Tet, of any kind: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]766691[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Asia Minor. Uncertain mint circa 500-400 BC. </b>Tetartemorion AR 5mm., 0,17g. Helmet left / Amphora within linear square . Unpublished in the standard references, but for similar see CNG E-334, Lot 152, CNG E-288, lot 258 and 259. VF, toned. </p><p><br /></p><p>From CNG&#039;s auction of a similar coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Varieties of this type have appeared at auction recently, and have been tentatively attributed to Neandria in Troas, where an early fraction featured a helmet on the obverse. While an attribution to a mint in that region is reasonable, Neandria is probably not correct, as its early fractions consistently feature a ram or barley grain on the reverse, which were emblematic of the city. At the same time, the nearby city of Larissa consistently featured an amphora on the reverse of nearly all of its coinage, which would make it a more likely candidate.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>These are my three favorite fractions that I own, though:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]766692[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Sicily. Akragas circa 470-460 BC.</b> Obol AR. 9mm., 0,62g. Eagle standing left on Ionic capital, AK-RA (partially retrograde) around / Crab; ΛI below. nearly very fine. SNG ANS 994; SNG Copenhagen 49.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]766693[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Caria. Mylasa circa 450-400 BC</b>. Hemiobol AR 6mm.,0,51g. Facing forepart of lion / Scorpion within incuse square. very fine. SNG Keckman 917; SNG Kayhan 934-8; SNG von Aulock 7803.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]766694[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Lesbos. Mytilene circa 440-400 BC</b>.Obol AR 8mm., 0,62g. Head of Apollo right, wearing taenia / MYTI, head of bull right within incuse square. very fine BMC 5; HGC 6, 1039.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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