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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Caria| > |Mylasa| > GA76794
Caria, Uncertain City (probably Mylasa), c. 420 - 390 B.C.
|Mylasa|, |Caria,| |Uncertain| |City| |(probably| |Mylasa),| |c.| |420| |-| |390| |B.C.|, This extremely tiny coin is from the time before bronze coinage was invented and accepted. Since even a dime sized silver coin was more than a full days pay for a laborer, very tiny silver coins were struck, intended for small everyday transactions. These coins were, however, too small to be practical. They were far too easy to lose. Production of these tiny silver coins ended immediately after bronze coinage was adapted for small transactions.
GA76794. Silver tetartemorion, SNG Kayhan 940 - 943, SNG Keckman I 926, VF, toned, porous, light deposits, uncertain Carian mint, weight 0.150g, maximum diameter 5.7mm, die axis 165o, c. 420 - 390 B.C.; obverse forepart of lion right, head turned back left, right foreleg and paw visible below head; reverse bird standing left within incuse square; SOLD




  







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