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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roerbakmix, post: 3944739, member: 100731&quot;]One (or more) of those super small Greek fractions have been on my wish list for quite a while. Luckily, my friend [USER=87271]@AnYangMan[/USER] was making space for some other coins, and apparently these super small coins took too much space. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1039638[/ATTACH]</p><p>GREECE, Annonymous</p><p>Denomination: AR Tetartemorion, minted: Ionia, Kolophon; c500-450 BC</p><p>Obv: Facing head of Apollo</p><p>Rev: TE monogram (= tetartemorion?) within incuse square</p><p>Weight: 0.17g; Ø:5mm</p><p>Catalogue: SNG Von Aulock 1999, SNG Kayhan 356</p><p>Provenance: Ex. [USER=87271]@AnYangMan[/USER] ; acq.: 12-2019</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1039639[/ATTACH] </p><p>GREECE, Annonymous</p><p>Denomination: AR Tetartemorion, minted: Mysia. Kyzikos; c.480 BC</p><p>Obv: Forepart of boar left, tunny to right</p><p>Rev: Head of roaring lion left, star to upper left, all within incuse square</p><p>Weight: 0.17g; Ø:5mm</p><p>Catalogue: Von Fritze II 14; SNG France 375</p><p>Provenance: Ex. [USER=87271]@AnYangMan[/USER] ; acq.: 12-2019</p><p><br /></p><p>To sort of get a feeling of how small these are (nb. I&#039;ve no acromegaly or big fingers otherwise):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1039642[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The last one is from Athens, but I haven&#039;t quite pinpointed it yet:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1039640[/ATTACH] </p><p>GREECE, Annonymous</p><p>Denomination: AR hemiobol, minted: Athens; 454-404 BC (?)</p><p>Obv: Head of Athena, to the right</p><p>Rev: Owl, standing</p><p>Weight: 0.33g; Ø:5mm</p><p>Catalogue: ?</p><p><br /></p><p>There are some differences with the images I found on ACsearch:</p><p>1) Athena is wearing a double crested helmet</p><p>2) There is a dotted border above the helmet</p><p>3) The back of the owl (reverse) are basically three long feathers</p><p>4) The claws/feet are &#039;big&#039; and well-detailed</p><p>5) The body is padded instead of smooth</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post anything you deem relevant! Any help with the Athens hemiobole is appreciated![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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