Sizes Of Attica Athens Coins (Is The Hemiobol The Smallest?)

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avere New Member Germany 5 Posts	Posted 08/14/2023 10:54 pm Hello, I would like to know if there is a smaller size than a Hemiobol for the Attica Athens coin. Is the Hemiobol the smallest size? https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/g...rchives61334 Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16809 Posts	Posted 08/15/2023 12:23 am No. Athens went all the way down to the tetartemorion (quarter of an obol, or 1/24th of a drachm). In other words, their smallest coin was half the size and weight of the coin linked in the OP. Aristotle himself mentions that Athens struck tetartemorions. This link shows a picture of an Athenian tetartemorion, from the Wildwinds page for Athens. This was not the smallest Greek silver coin; some cities struck hemitetartemorions, which were half that again (1/48th of a drachm). The Attic standard hemitetartemorion weighed about 0.09 grams. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5172 Posts	Posted 08/15/2023 10:00 am IIRC there's some evidence that Athens struck hemitetartemorions as well, but those (if exist) are extremely rare. I looked into it a few years ago but forgot what my findings were. EDIT: CGB sold a supposed Athens hemitetartemorion (with the owl design) in 2020. I'm not sure how much I trust that it's not an imitation. Report this Post to the Staff
avere New Member Germany 5 Posts	Posted 08/22/2023 11:41 am @Sap @january1may Thank you cso much Report this Post to the Staff
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