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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2325368, member: 56859&quot;]Wow, I think you may have nabbed something <i>very</i> special, despite its condition <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Congratulations!&nbsp; You didn&#039;t state the metal in your post but it appears to be silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Such tiny Macedonian (Seleukid?) fractionals are not common.&nbsp; They were not hoarded like the tetradrachms and drachms.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have the knowledge to confirm exactly what you have, but possibly a hemiobol or quarter obol, from Alexander the Great or Seleukos I Nikator.&nbsp; There is inconsistency of naming the denomination (by weight) from the few similar coins I&#039;ve found this morning.&nbsp; &nbsp; Searching the usual internet resources, I&#039;m not finding much.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps the best book for investigating your coin would be&nbsp; M.J. Price, <i>The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus</i>. London. 1991.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think it is available to read online.&nbsp; If I&#039;m wrong about that, I hope someone posts a link.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s something similar, from <a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/macedonia/kings/alexander_III/i.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/macedonia/kings/alexander_III/i.html" rel="nofollow">Wildwinds</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]470672[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 884. Closing Date: Wednesday,</p><p>14 June 2006. SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos</p><p>I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37 g,</p><p>12h). Babylon I mint(?). Struck circa 312-300</p><p>BC.Estimate $150 Sold For $200</p><p><br /></p><p>SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator.</p><p>312-281 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37 g, 12h). Babylon I</p><p>mint(?). Struck circa 312-300 BC. Head of Herakles</p><p>right, wearing lion skin / Club, quiver, and bow;</p><p>lion’s head to left. Cf. SC 85; cf. Price 3706.</p><p>Good VF, toned. An apparently unpublished</p><p>denomination of a very rare type.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the Robert A. Weimer Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Copyright © CNG 2002-2005</p><p><br /></p><p>By permission of CNG, <a href="http://www.cngcoins.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cngcoins.com" rel="nofollow">www.cngcoins.com</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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