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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2586401, member: 44132&quot;]In another thread, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/if-you-could-solve-one-mystery-about-ancient-coins.287552/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/if-you-could-solve-one-mystery-about-ancient-coins.287552/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/if-you-could-solve-one-mystery-about-ancient-coins.287552/</a>, I said I would love to know the purpose for such tiny coins knowing change for larger coins was required.&nbsp; But this small size baffles my mind.&nbsp; Not only are they hard to handle, but I can imagine how easy they would be to loose in day-to-day commerce.&nbsp; [USER=82322]@Ed Snible[/USER] wanted to know how such tiny dies were cut and with such artistry and without any modern implements.&nbsp; Amazing!</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my newest additions is such a coin.&nbsp; Weighing in at .56g and standing at 7mm I&#039;m afraid to handle it.&nbsp; I might drop it and never find it again.&nbsp; It&#039;s not my smallest, but pretty darn close.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]562401[/ATTACH]</p><p>TROAS KEBREN</p><p>AR Diobol</p><p>OBVERSE: Archaic head of Apollo left</p><p>REVERSE: Ram&#039;S head left within an incuse square</p><p>Struck at Troas, Kebren Circa 450 BC</p><p>.56g, 7mm</p><p>Rosen 534; Traité pl. xxxix, 25, SNG Ashmolean 1086</p><p>ex. Aegean Numismaics</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your tiny coins or (as Steve might say) whateva&#039; suits your fancy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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