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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4514945, member: 96898&quot;]I personally consider everything up to the size of an obol (that means smaller than 12mm and lighter than 1g) a &quot;tiny coin.&quot; There are days when I seriously think about building a specialized subcollection of such &quot;tiny coins.&quot; Though this in my opinion would be a supercool idea for an affordable ancient collecting theme, I didn&#039;t do it yet, mostly because I&#039;m always a bit afraid of accidentally loosing or breaking coins smaller than my pinky fingernail...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1118717[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Gaul, Massalia, AR obol, ca. 4th–1st century BC. Obv: Youthful male head (river god?) left. Rev: MA in wheel with four spokes. 10mm, 0.75g. Ref: SNG Copenhagen 723–728; de la Tour 1892, no. 689 or similar. Ex Marc Breitsprecher.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1118718[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Ionia, Milet, AR 1/12 stater, late 6th – early 5th c. BC. obv: forepart of roaring lion l. Rev: stellate pattern in incuse. 9.5mm, 0.85g. Ref: SNG Kayhan 476–482; SNG Copenhagen 955–951. Ex Harlan J. Berk, IL.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1118715[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Lycaonia, Laranda, AR obol, 324–323 BC. Obv: Baal Tars seated on throne n.l., holding grain ears and grapes in r. hand and sceptre in l. hand. Rev: forepart of wolf r., in field l., ⌒. 10mm, 0.59g. Göktürk: Small Coins from Cilicia (2000), no. 82 ff.; SNG Levante 223 (for Cilicia); SNG France 443 (for Cilicia).</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1118719[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Mysia, Kyzikos, AR hemiobol (?), c. 480–450 BC. Obv: roaring lion’s head l.; star above. Rev: forepart of boar l.; tunny behind. 8mm, 0.25g. Ref: BMC 120; Sear Greek 3850.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1118716[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Thessaly, Larissa AR obol, ca. 344–337 BC (?).&nbsp; Obv: head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly l., hair in ampyx, with necklace. Rev: [ΛΑΡΙΣ]-ΑΙΩΝ; horse grazing r. 11mm, 0.79g. Ref: BCD Thessaly I (2011), no. 1163; BCD Thessaly II (2013), no. 328, 342–344; SNG Copenhagen 135. Ex FSR, auction 106, lot 59; ex CNG, e-auction 395, lot 94; ex BCD collection.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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