I have never seen a coin like this tiny one. can anyone help with any information, please? AE9mm., and 0.7gm. I am not sure if the reverse is rotated correctly.
Not had chance to check yet but, that looks like Hermes wearing a Petasos on his head. The Reverse needs spinning 90* clockwise i think, it appears to be letters for the city name.
I think that the reverse should be rotated clockwise 90 degrees. Letters in two lines: TV? / IM? Edit: looks like @tenbobbit beat me to it
Cool -- this looks like one of those very early bronze coins of Macedon, some of the very first bronze coins struck, c. 450 or maybe 400 BCE or a bit later... That's pretty much how all of those really early AE look, whether Macedon, Ionia, or elsewhere. I'll try to find the last reference I read about these. Tragilos (legend T - P - I - A) https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8590282 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8590281 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8930560 They also came in circular legends: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8651340 More search results EDIT: Here's a similar article that's available online. From my notes: Konuk, Koray. 2011. “War Tokens for Silver? Quantifying the Early Bronze Issues of Ionia,” pp. 151-161 in Callatay, F. (ed.), Quantifying Monetary Supply in Greco-Roman Times, Pragmateia 19. Interesting article about the earliest AE in Ionia, struck circa 400 BCE, and an argument about their function as token coinage for military / local usage. Discusses the Phygela, 1997 Hoard, sold at CNG MBS 51 (the catalog that also included the anonymous BCD Athens AE part II and 1 or 2 coins of mine). Tiny coins, ~10mm, under 1g. The majority (was it plurality?) from Ephesos, which was the first city of Ionia.
Ionia, Phokaia, c. 350-300 BC. Æ (15mm, 4.36g, 11h). Phokleon, magistrate. Obverse..Head of Hermes facing left wearing a Petasos hat tied at the back. Reverse..Forepart of a griffin springing left. ΦΩKAEΩN (PHOKAEON), name of the magistrate below. SNG Copenhagen 1039ff (magistrate); BMC 101
