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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2532896, member: 56859"]They can be quite a bit smaller. We've had some threads showcasing our smallest coins. <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/tiny.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/tiny.html" rel="nofollow">Doug has a nice collection of tiny Greeks</a>. My smallest is 5 mm and 0.26 gm; it is downright beefy compared to some tiny treasures <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_1224ab3120ba448fadc224f033302aa3.jpg/v1/fill/w_840,h_416,al_c,lg_1,q_80/ae43f8_1224ab3120ba448fadc224f033302aa3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/macedonia-uncertain-ar5-monkey" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/macedonia-uncertain-ar5-monkey" rel="nofollow">MACEDONIA, uncertain</a></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: "Uncertain Thraco-Macedonian Coins, Part II", Nomismatika Khronika (1998, Tzamalis), 67[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2532896, member: 56859"]They can be quite a bit smaller. We've had some threads showcasing our smallest coins. [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/tiny.html']Doug has a nice collection of tiny Greeks[/URL]. My smallest is 5 mm and 0.26 gm; it is downright beefy compared to some tiny treasures :) [IMG]https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_1224ab3120ba448fadc224f033302aa3.jpg/v1/fill/w_840,h_416,al_c,lg_1,q_80/ae43f8_1224ab3120ba448fadc224f033302aa3.jpg[/IMG] [B][URL='http://www.tifcollection.com/macedonia-uncertain-ar5-monkey']MACEDONIA, uncertain[/URL][/B] c. 500 BCE AR trihemitetartemorion (trihemiobol), 5 mm, 0.26 gm Obv: monkey squatting left Rev: round shield or pellet within incuse square Ref: "Uncertain Thraco-Macedonian Coins, Part II", Nomismatika Khronika (1998, Tzamalis), 67[/QUOTE]
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