Tritetartemorion - Anyone Seen This One Before?

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DavidSV New Member United States 28 Posts	Posted 05/19/2017 11:35 am I can't find any reference on this tiny little fella. Still think it's awesome though! Only .148 grams Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 05/19/2017 1:29 pm That is tiny. Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 05/19/2017 3:14 pm Neat little coin! Perhaps, at that weight, more likely a tetartemorion? Maybe unpublished? Certainly there are examples with left-facing Corinthian helmets on one side, such as: https://cNGCoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=267301 https://cNGCoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=219630 But I've not seen one with helmets on both. This one is kind of interesting in that it has a helmet-left on one side, and helmeted head of Athena (right-facing) on the other...I wonder if yours has a cropped-off head below that helmet in the left pic? Of course yours would be facing left. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2593874 Thanks for sharing...very interesting. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34453 Posts	Posted 05/19/2017 9:07 pm @davidsv, thanks for posting. Can you share more detail about how you got it? Also the diameter--is it about 6 mm? "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
DavidUK Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2624 Posts	Posted 05/20/2017 8:17 pm That's a very cool coin ^^ Agree with Bob, it looks like Athena wearing Corinthian helm on the one side, and a crested helm in an incuse square on the other. It's amazing such a small thing can survive 2500+ years. Report this Post to the Staff
DavidSV New Member United States 28 Posts	Posted 05/23/2017 11:18 am Thanks for the comments! I too thought it was very cool and am amazed that something that size has survived. I just won it in an auction from a dependable, long time seller. It's in route currently, hopefully I don't drop it on the rug when I open it, never to find it again :). It's a whopping 7 mm; it could have the head of Athena cropped of but I still can't find the same style. Maybe unpublished? Can't find it anywhere. Of course I'm ok with a rarity :) Report this Post to the Staff
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