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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2242921, member: 56859&quot;]$10?&nbsp; I&#039;ve been looking for a Teos griffin head fractional but have never seen one that good for that little.&nbsp; Great score!</p><p><br /></p><p>The both size comparison photos are very dramatic.</p><p><br /></p><p>My tiniest, shown many times and soon to be joined by a brother:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_1224ab3120ba448fadc224f033302aa3.jpg_srz_p_669_331_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MACEDON, 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;,&nbsp; Nomismatika Khronika (1998), 67</p><p><br /></p><p>Also shown many times, my largest and smallest coins (48 mm and 5 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_c9133287db5443c88e0a781d31f8900a.jpg_srb_p_600_550_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And a cautionary tale:&nbsp; do not drop these tiny buggers!&nbsp; It took thirty minutes to find the monkey after dropping it on Berber carpet.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_3527c6e30bf9423d94c2f0c46388de4b.jpg_srb_p_600_375_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(The coin is in this picture.&nbsp; Starting at the bottom right and going left, count to the seventh &quot;ditch&quot;; the coin is resting on edge about two-thirds of the way up the ditch.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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