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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 6364931, member: 19463&quot;]My favorite coin appropriate for this thread is a fraction of the issue that gave us that lovely <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/terence-cheesman.86498/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/terence-cheesman.86498/">Terence Cheesman</a> coin.&nbsp; While the type is the same on the obverse (just smaller) the incuse reverse was simplified to a single barley grain.&nbsp; While I grew up in Indiana where corn was what the British called maize, we did use &#039;barleycorn&#039; to mean a single grain of barley or something of that general size.</p><p>Metapontion AR litra </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1251985[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>These little fellows also came with the reverse of the full stalk matching the obverse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1251986[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Between the tiny coins and the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/terence-cheesman.86498/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/terence-cheesman.86498/">Terence Cheesman</a> full size coin was a 1/3 stater.&nbsp; Mine weighs 2.58g and is doublestruck on the reverse showing the stalk with two central ribs. </p><p>Metapontion, AR 1/3 stater, 509-645 BC</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1251984[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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