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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;eparch, post: 4514736, member: 89211&quot;]Some of the early electrum coins are extremely small.I picked up this lot recently :</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1118608[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="3">IONIA. <i>Uncertain mint</i>. Circa 625-600 BC.</font></b></p><p><b><font size="3">&nbsp;1/24 Stater (Electrum, 6.5 mm, 0.59 g), Phokaic standard. </font></b></p><p><b><font size="3">1/48 Stater (Electrum, 3.2 mm, 0.3 g), Phokaic standard. </font></b></p><p><b><font size="3"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font size="3">Raised clockwise swastika pattern.</font></b></p><p><b><font size="3"><i>Rev.</i> Quadripartite incuse square of swastika pattern</font></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>It is interesting that the smaller coin is exactly half the width as well as half the weight of the larger.</p><p>1/96 staters also exist - diameter 1.6 mm, although I don&#039;t have an example myself.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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