Here is a small Greek fractional silver from Ephesos with the usual symbols of the city, the bee and stags (stags are associated with Diana, and Diana with Ephesos). For a 10 mm coin it is remarkably well-centered. As little as 1 mm different in any direction of either die and it would not be as pleasing. When a coin is enlarged ten-fold and it still looks okay it is testament to fine engraving and fine production. 0,91 g / 10 mm 390-330 BC SNG Copenhagen 243; SNG Kayhan 194
My diobol lacks the legend on the obverse and is not as round. I suspect the two deer is a clue to the denomination. This one weighs 1.0g. Similar is this 0.8g trihemiobol which only has half a stag rather than one and a half. It has legend only on both sides but poor surfaces. This is one of those coins we call 'better in hand'.
I must appologize again, I got excited and failed to realize this is for silver coins. I do not have any of those to share, just a couple bronzes. These were my first small coins. For me, even when I know the dimensions of a coin before I buy, it's still blows me away when they arrive.
LOVE those tiny dudes!!!! I'm still missing a bee and stag.... I just purchased a hemiobol from Mysia, Kyzikos, does that count???
Yummy => wow Warren, that is a very sweet AR Ephesos ... I love the wee ones as well (imagine the dudes that engraved these lil' gems, eh?) ... very cool ummm, I have a little AR example that is also a total work of art (it's definitely one of my favourite and probably one of my most posted gems) Ionia Ephesos Tetartemorion 5 mm x 8 mm Oh, and I also have this big clunky AR thang ... Ionia Ephesos, AR Drachm
What's the size of that in mm? Looks extremely tiny, or maybe your other coin is very large? Either way, very nice!
Sorry got a little lazy, the back ground coin is a 1806 Mexican 8 reales about the size of a ASE. Ionia, Ephesus.. 390 - 325 BC. AR diobol Obv. Bee. Rev. Two stags head facing one another. 10mm x 1.0g
