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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 7847472, member: 91461&quot;]Thanks so much for digging this up and for sharing that itty-bitty cutie! I can&#039;t tell if it looks more like Ole honest Abe is gonna fight that lion or kiss it!</p><p>Here are a couple more bite size (more like nibble size) pieces of fun that I&#039;ve picked up since.</p><p>&nbsp;I&#039;ll start with this MASSIVE honker with some love tiny detail:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350979[/ATTACH]</p><p>Macedonia, Neapolis, Hemidrachm, 424-350 BC (14 mm, 1,80 gr)</p><p>Obverse: facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue Reverse: head of the nymph of Neapolis to right, her hair coiled around her head and with a bun at the back, around Ν-Ε / Ο-Π. Purchased from Savoca June 2021</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>These coins are already tiny, but with 2/3 is his face off flan he looks minute:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350980[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ionia. Miletos circa 520-480 BC.</p><p>Diobol AR</p><p>11 mm, 1,17 g</p><p>very fine</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350981[/ATTACH]</p><p>MOESIA. Istrus. 5th-4th centuries BC. AR hemiobol (8 mm, 0.50 gm). VF. Facing male heads, the right inverted / IΣTPIH, sea-eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; Θ below tail feathers.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Think this is Athena?:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350988[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ionia. Phokaia circa 521-478 BC.</p><p>Diobol AR</p><p>9 mm, 1,13 g</p><p>very fine</p><p><br /></p><p>And lastly a little dude that is all [USER=96635]@Pavlos[/USER] fault:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350991[/ATTACH]</p><p>Lesbos, Methymna, Hemiobol, ca. 350-240 BC; AR (g 0,31; mm 7; h 9); Facing head of Silenos, Rv. Tortoise within incuse circle. Franke -. HGC 6, 900-901. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG von Aulock -.</p><p>Purchased from Savoca April 2021[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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