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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2285515, member: 19463&quot;]I have noted a big increase of interest in little coins meaning I have not been able to get many lately.&nbsp; You should stop paying so much and go back to chasing tetradrachms. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is hard to appreciate the size of these until you have them in hand. I consider 0.5g the start of &#039;tiny&#039;.&nbsp; That pretty well rules out obols but allows fractions.&nbsp; </p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/tinyset.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Left row:</p><p>1. Syracuse, Sicily, hemilitron 440-430 BC, .3g</p><p>2. Athens, Attica, tritartemorion (3/4 obol), 393-300 BC, .5g </p><p>3. Therma, Macedon, hemiobol (1/2 obol), 510-480 BC, .3g </p><p>4.. Kolophon, Ionia, tetartemorion (1/4 obol), 430-400 BC, .2g - This coin is unusual in the monogram &#039;TE&#039; on the reverse (over the cicada) indicating the denomination.</p><p>5. Kebren, Troas, tetartemorion (1/4 obol), 400-350 B.C. .2g</p><p><br /></p><p>Right Row:</p><p>1. Phocaea, 1/8? obol .1g</p><p>2. Mylassa, Caria, tetartemorion? (1/4 obol), 5th century BC, .1g </p><p>3. Hektatomnos, Satrap of Caria, tetartemorion 395-377 B.C., .2g </p><p>4. Syracuse, Sicily, Tyrant Gelon, hexas (1/6 litra or 1/300th of the popular dekadrachm), 485-478 BC, .05g? This is the lightest coin I have ever seen but the flaking surface of this specimen makes its weight lower than normal. </p><p>5. Rhegion, Bruttium, hemitatemorion (1/8 obol), 466-415 BC, .1g.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m still looking for the one I want most.&nbsp; There is a 1/8 obol of Athens according to Sear but ones I have seen offered were either too large or from the East.&nbsp; It has the types of the tetradrachms but much smaller.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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