Too Small! Thraco-Macedonian Tetartemorion, Roaring Lion

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Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 01/05/2018 12:17 pm Hemiobols are impressively small, but tetartemorions (quarter-obols) are something else! Uncertain, Thraco-Macedonian region AR Tetartemorion, 6mm, 0.13g C. Early 5th century BC Head of roaring lion right Quadrupartite incuse Report this Post to the Staff

Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 01/05/2018 12:22 pm Still big enough to be caught by the filter screen when digging up! Just barely...my big fingers wouldn't hardly be able to hold it, much less if dropped find it again. Nice. Report this Post to the Staff
DavidUK Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2624 Posts	Posted 01/05/2018 3:19 pm Thumbs up for that :) I think I only have one in this denomination it's fun but I wouldn't want them all that size ^^ Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 01/05/2018 5:51 pm I had to move an upright piano out of its cove because I dropped one of these and that's where I thought it went after I checked all other possibilities. Found it 3 weeks later cleaning the vacuum out. Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 01/05/2018 6:03 pm Yikes! Cautionary tale duly noted! Come to think of it, I wonder how these things are even recovered from the ground at all? Seems like they would be too small for a metal detector, but I guess they could be sifted from the dirt and then picked from the rocks? Report this Post to the Staff
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