smallest coin ever?!

[IndianerJones]

Its size is 10mm/bronze and i recognise on the rev.: "SALVS" i am having a hard time finding its ID and it's the smalles coin i have got.

Any idea who it might be?
And is it the smalles coin in history?

[areich]

No, it's not.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=smallest+coin

[IndianerJones]

No, it's not.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=smallest+coin

Thanks for the hint areich

[Pekka K]

Could be one of this group of coins:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-64644

Pekka K

[Robert_Brenchley]

The smallest coins ive come across are tbe very small Greek silvers. My smallest is a minute owl from Gaza which Iis 7mm and under 0.3g. There may be even smaller issues; what size are fanams?

[Arados]

Ive got a couple of silver Greeks weighing in at a whopping 0.67g, the first a 1/16 shekel from Sidon and the other a obol of Arados. Not even close to Roberts miserly 0.3g. 

[areich]

Here are some coins that are reported to weigh as little as 0.04g:

http://goo.gl/smT2v0

So your coin is not in the same league. 

[OldMoney]

I have a coin that was measured at between 0.06g and 0.07g,
it was very difficult to weigh accurately at that tiny scale.
It was less than 5mm!
However, a search of a couple of sites reveals at least a dozen
or more pieces that make my item appear positively huge.
http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=223628
This item is recorded at 0.04g, and 6mm.
Imagine: You could have 775 of these and still NOT have a full
Troy Ounce of silver.
Fabulous!

Walter Holt

[Arados]

Here are some coins that are reported to weigh as little as 0.04g:

http://goo.gl/smT2v0

So your coin is not in the same league.  

The coins i thought were tiny are now classed has heavy weights, thanks Andreas.  

[Meepzorp]

Here are some coins that are reported to weigh as little as 0.04g:

http://goo.gl/smT2v0

So your coin is not in the same league. 

Hi folks,

Wow!!! Those are small!!!

I have a very small AR coin from Calabria, Taras. Offhand, I'd say it's about 3-5 mm. But those are smaller.

Meepzorp

[Enodia]

these are my two smallest coins, both from Taras. the first is 7mm, 0.15g, and the second is only 6mm and 0.16g...
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-115695
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-106877

i originally wanted to post these to blow those above listed 'dekaobols' out of the water. however the coin areich linked to makes even these look massive in comparison.
still, they are small enough that if you laid them in your palm and then blew gently, they would fly away like a feather and never be seen again!

it does make one wonder at the process of striking these tiny pieces of what is little more than silver leaf.

~ Peter

[SC]

I believe the winner is a 1.5mm diameter coin described by Brickstock (1987, page 93) as found in "Room 7" at Canterbury.  It weighed under 0.02 grams.

The reason it was identified as a coin, and in fact as a Fel Temp Reparatio Falling Horseman imitation, is simply the fact that it was found in a hoard of 154 other FTR imitation coins ranging from 14mm down to 2.5 mm.

And your coin is most probably a SALVS REIPVBLICE of Theodosius II.  I think I can see the full four letters (SIVS) before PF AVG on the right - Arcadius, Honorius and Johannes would have different legend layouts.

Shawn

[Quant.Geek]

I probably have smaller Indian coins, but this one I recently posted is measured at 5mm and weights about .09g.  It is 1/4 tara from Vijayanagar:

[IndianerJones]

I thank everybody for taking part in this topic
I hope we learned something new

[Risto K]

Hemitartemorion, 5.6 mm 0.07 g. Minted somewhere in Western Asia Minor?