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Message:: [QUOTE="Collect89, post: 2587056, member: 15445"]Neat coin.  I got this one from one of JA's sales this year.  Mine is also 9mm but is slightly lighter than [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER]'s coin.  It didn't make my favorite 6 of 2016 but it certainly could have.  [ATTACH=full]562709[/ATTACH] CILICIA, TarsosAR Obol 379-372 BC9 mm, 0.65 gramsObv: Facing female head turned slightlyleft, wearing single-pendantearrings and necklace.Rev: Bearded and helmeted malehead (Ares?) left wearing crestedAthenian helmet; 'HLK' in Aramaicto left,  no monogram to right.Grade: aVF with good fabric and toning.Attractive, well centered tiny coin with only a portion of the reverse Aramaic legend & some crest off flan.Other: Time of Satraps Pharnabazos and Datames. Casabonne Series 2, SNG Levante 89 var. without monogram. This coin (same coin) was previously listed by Naville Numismatics in their live auction #9, 14 Sep 2014.  NN attributed it to Göktürk 21-2 var. (fish on obv?); SNG France 303.  From JAZ Numismatics May 2016.  Here is a little Athens owl coin:[ATTACH=full]562713[/ATTACH]ATTICA, Athens. AR Hemiobol 454-404 B.C. 0.34 grams, 6.2 - 6.9 mmObv: Helmeted head of Athena right.Rev: Owl standing right, head facing,  olive sprig behind. AΘE.Grade: Overall VF with the owl, olive  sprig, and AΘE sharply struck &  centered. The Athena obverse is  somewhat more worn & off center.Other: SNG Copenhagen 59.May 2014 Pecunem Sale 16, lot # 498.[/QUOTE]