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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7792793, member: 99456"]<b>"Good things come in small packages II"</b> - Although at 0.49g this coin is about the same weight as <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/this-is-not-an-obol.383560/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/this-is-not-an-obol.383560/">the last coin that I posted</a> it is NOT an obol and it is NOT a litra. What is it? "Une pièce sur un petit flan bien centré. Belle tête d'Apollon. Joli revers inhabituel d'une cuirasse. Patine brun." OK - maybe that doesn't answer the question - but I don't find enough of these to share a "common name". I think <b>chalkous</b> or <b>hemichalkon</b> is probably the right name to apply, and I lean toward <u>hemichalkon</u>. A relevant reference here (<a href="https://www.greekcoinvalues.com/introduction.php#origin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.greekcoinvalues.com/introduction.php#origin" rel="nofollow"><b>Overview of <i>The Handbook of Greek Coinage</i></b> </a><b><a href="https://www.greekcoinvalues.com/introduction.php#origin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.greekcoinvalues.com/introduction.php#origin" rel="nofollow"><i>Series</i>, Scott VanHorn and Bradley R. Nelson</a>)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The rarity of these coins is not surprising to me. I find it surprising that a <10mm little coin, a dust spec of a coin, a coin weighing about half a gram, survives >2400 years in this condition.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Where is <a href="http://proceduralmagnesia.com/magnesia-through-time.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://proceduralmagnesia.com/magnesia-through-time.html" rel="nofollow">Magnḗsĭa ad Mæándrum</a>?</b></p><p>Some nice photos and more information can be found <a href="https://www.livius.org/articles/place/magnesia-on-the-meander/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livius.org/articles/place/magnesia-on-the-meander/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1337762[/ATTACH]</p><p>Strabo dedicates several passages in <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Strab.+14.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0239#note-link79" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Strab.+14.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0239#note-link79" rel="nofollow">Geography 14.1</a></p><blockquote><p><font size="4">"The first place after Ephesus is Magnesia, an Æolian city, and called Magnesia on the Mæander, for it is situated near it; but it is still nearer the Lethæus, which discharges itself into the Mæander. It has its source in Pactyes, a mountain in the Ephesian district. There is another Lethæus in Gortyne, a third near Tricca, where Asclepius is said to have been born, and the fourth among the Hesperitæ Libyans."</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/small-change-the-tiniest-ancient-coins/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/small-change-the-tiniest-ancient-coins/" rel="nofollow">This CoinWeek article</a> touches on the small coins and fractions - but barely scratches the surface without really naming bronze coins other than the popular "widow's mite".</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1337791[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Ionia, Magnḗsĭa ad Mæándrum</b>, circa 400 BC, Æ 9.3mm (0.48 g, 12h), Rare - especially in this condition</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Laureate head of Apollo left</p><p><b>Rev:</b> M-A, Cuirass between</p><p><b>Ref: </b>SNG Kayhan 393</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Post your tiny AEs, coins of Magnḗsĭa ad Mæándrum, coins featuring a cuirass, or anything else that you find interesting or entertaining.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7792793, member: 99456"][B]"Good things come in small packages II"[/B] - Although at 0.49g this coin is about the same weight as [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/this-is-not-an-obol.383560/']the last coin that I posted[/URL] it is NOT an obol and it is NOT a litra. What is it? "Une pièce sur un petit flan bien centré. Belle tête d'Apollon. Joli revers inhabituel d'une cuirasse. Patine brun." OK - maybe that doesn't answer the question - but I don't find enough of these to share a "common name". I think [B]chalkous[/B] or [B]hemichalkon[/B] is probably the right name to apply, and I lean toward [U]hemichalkon[/U]. A relevant reference here ([URL='https://www.greekcoinvalues.com/introduction.php#origin'][B]Overview of [I]The Handbook of Greek Coinage[/I][/B] [/URL][B][URL='https://www.greekcoinvalues.com/introduction.php#origin'][I]Series[/I], Scott VanHorn and Bradley R. Nelson[/URL])[/B] The rarity of these coins is not surprising to me. I find it surprising that a <10mm little coin, a dust spec of a coin, a coin weighing about half a gram, survives >2400 years in this condition. [B]Where is [URL='http://proceduralmagnesia.com/magnesia-through-time.html']Magnḗsĭa ad Mæándrum[/URL]?[/B] Some nice photos and more information can be found [URL='https://www.livius.org/articles/place/magnesia-on-the-meander/']here[/URL]. [ATTACH=full]1337762[/ATTACH] Strabo dedicates several passages in [URL='http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Strab.+14.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0239#note-link79']Geography 14.1[/URL] [INDENT][SIZE=4]"The first place after Ephesus is Magnesia, an Æolian city, and called Magnesia on the Mæander, for it is situated near it; but it is still nearer the Lethæus, which discharges itself into the Mæander. It has its source in Pactyes, a mountain in the Ephesian district. There is another Lethæus in Gortyne, a third near Tricca, where Asclepius is said to have been born, and the fourth among the Hesperitæ Libyans."[/SIZE][/INDENT] [URL='https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/small-change-the-tiniest-ancient-coins/']This CoinWeek article[/URL] touches on the small coins and fractions - but barely scratches the surface without really naming bronze coins other than the popular "widow's mite". [ATTACH=full]1337791[/ATTACH] [B]Ionia, Magnḗsĭa ad Mæándrum[/B], circa 400 BC, Æ 9.3mm (0.48 g, 12h), Rare -[B] [/B]especially in this condition [B]Obv:[/B] Laureate head of Apollo left [B]Rev:[/B] M-A, Cuirass between [B]Ref: [/B]SNG Kayhan 393 [B] Post your tiny AEs, coins of Magnḗsĭa ad Mæándrum, coins featuring a cuirass, or anything else that you find interesting or entertaining.[/B][/QUOTE]
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