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Netherlands
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I bought some greek coins last week. the first 2 arrived yesterday, extremely tiny and still visible details! I'm going to keep at least one of them. 5mm!! Ionia, Miletos. Circa 500 BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (0.16 gm). Lion's head left / Quail left within incuse. Cf. Rosen 407/8. 0,18gr, 5mm SNG Berry 1046   Ionia, Miletos. Circa 500 BC. AR Hemitetartemorion. Lion's head right / Quail right within incuse square, two dots in field. SNG Berry 1045, Rosen 407/8. 0,18gr, 5,5mm SNG Berry 1045   anyone who has even smaller / comparable coins? Feel free to post! Edited by Dutchgulden
09/05/2015 12:00 pm
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United Kingdom
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I got this one the other week  I was shocked how small it is in hand since the photo gives no real idea of scale. In truth I will probably avoid getting many at this size though I find it miraculous that they didn't constantly lose these (maybe they did) I love the quale in the incuse square... that is super. |
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Here are some Fanams from India I purchased about a dozen years ago, I believe I paid about $4.00 each and sold them for $6.00-$8.00 each in my ebay store... When I went into Jewelry and purchased a expensive scale for gemstones and a electronic gold tester, all the Fanams tested at 14KT... The scale measures exact weight down to .001grams or grain, and while excellent for gemstones and small coins, the maximum weight without harming the scale is only 20 grams..  |
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United States
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Good things do indeed come in small packages. Great coins, all. Thanks for sharing.
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Very nice coins, D.G. A lot of good detail.Impressive.
Great camerawork, too.
Edited by Topcat7
09/05/2015 2:49 pm
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Very nice tiny coins. I have a few but generally try not to buy many small coins. I have a hard enough time seeing the larger ones.
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thanks guys, I couldnt imagine how small 5mm is, my other small coins are looking big in comparison. Luckily I still have good eyes and a good camera ;-)
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United States
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those mini-birds are fantatic! and 5 mm in size! here's my smallest coins, but it's a monster at 7 mm....  Magnesia, Ionia. c. 400 BC Obv. Laureate head of Apollo left. Rev. Cuirass, M - A in fields. SNG Kayhan 393. 7 mm 0.5g |
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Dutch, Thank you for posting that first coin. At long last I know what I have. Back in the early 1990s at a Chicago Coin Fair, I purchased a similar coin with a quail reverse. This coin:  I could see that the quail is facing right and the head is off the flan, but it seemed well struck for such a tiny piece. Like your coin it is also 5x6mm but weighs .22 g, and I had identified it as a Tetartemorion of Ionia, Miletos. But I could not identify the obverse figure. After seeing your example I looked again, and I believe it too is a lion head left. Mystery solved, thanks to you.  Many thanks! BTW I think you have a much nicer example. Edited by lrbguy
09/06/2015 12:46 am
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Netherlands
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Im glad that I was able to help you id-ing your coin ;-)
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United States
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Wouldn't you know I flipped the obverse. Let's try again. The Lion's head faces right. The quail's head is off flan to right.  Edited by lrbguy
09/09/2015 4:39 pm
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United Kingdom
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I have been looking for an affordable fanam for some time now. The ones on Vcoins are all over $100 and I don't trust the ebay sellers. :( |
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