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Smallest Silver fouree in antiquity?
Kevin D:
What are some of the smallest (lightest) silver coins from antiquity that are fouree or plated? Has anyone seen any obols or litras that are ancient fouree?
I've seen electrum 1/24th stater fouree (c. 0.60g)...are there any silver fouree that small?
Jay GT4:
I've seen the copper core of a 1/16 Phoenician shekel but I don't have pictures.
Altamura:
Here you have some plated hemiobols:
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7231646
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5138168
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5048302
and even a plated tetartemorion: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2537638
but I am not convinced that it really is :-\.
Regards
Altamura
Kevin D:
Thanks to both of you for this information.
Curtis JJ:
Not sure about the smallest silver, but there were fourrée / plated imitations of even the earliest electrum coinage, including very small denominations. I'm not sure if I've seen a plated 192nd stater, but I've seen multiple fourrée 48th staters advertised for sale/auction and at least one or two 96th staters. CNG recently sold a fourrée Phanes 1/48 stater at 5mm and 0.27g (EA 511, Lot 115). Last year Heritage sold a plated 48th of the plain globular/punch variety at 5mm, 0.26g (ACSearch LINK), and in 2020 a slightly smaller Alyattes 1/96th stater at 5mm, 0.20g (ACSearch LINK)! I only see one record (LINK) advertised as a fourree tetartemorion (no hemitetartemoria), from Agora 35 (in 2015), Lot 71, Caria, confronted bulls, 7mm, 0.40g. (EDIT: I see it's the one Altamura referenced above!)
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