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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2650945, member: 56859&quot;]That is indeed tiny, and very easy to lose!&nbsp; I was so excited to see my first teeny tiny coin than I fumbled the flip when opening it and it went flying.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />!&nbsp; I put the room on lockdown and it took a ridiculously long time to find it.&nbsp; Furniture was moved; there was much swearing.&nbsp; I took a picture when it was finally spotted.&nbsp; See how well it blended in to this carpeting?&nbsp; It was on edge in a crevice.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_3527c6e30bf9423d94c2f0c46388de4b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]586500[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_1224ab3120ba448fadc224f033302aa3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MACEDONIA, uncertain</b></p><p>c. 500 BCE</p><p>AR trihemitetartemorion (trihemiobol), 5 mm, 0.26 gm</p><p>Obv: monkey squatting left</p><p>Rev: round shield or pellet within incuse square</p><p>Ref: &quot;Uncertain Thraco-Macedonian Coins, Part II&quot;, Nomismatika Khronika (1998, Tzamalis), 67</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Almost... on page one of this post AJ showed <a href="http://www.colosseocollection.com/p167157959/h485f1177#h485f1177" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.colosseocollection.com/p167157959/h485f1177#h485f1177" rel="nofollow">a rare 1/192 stater</a>.&nbsp; It&#039;s 0.07 gm and 3 mm <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; (No, I don&#039;t want to see everyone&#039;s fanams-- not ancient <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I tried a flashlight with no luck and eventually resorted to sweeping across the ridges with a stiff piece of paper.&nbsp; The coin &quot;jumped&quot; up a bit.&nbsp; Whew!!</p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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