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Auction 11 12 January 2014
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Attica. Athens. 4th century BC. Quarter obol Tetartemorion or 1/4 obol, 0.16g (9h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rx: ΑΘΕ with crescent below. Svoronos pl. 17, 53-56. Very rare denomination. Very nicely centered. About EF (AARON, 3X ENLARGEMENT PLEASE!!)
Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Purchased from Ed Waddell, 23 February 1998
As the Attic playwright Aristophanes tells us, coins of tiny size like this one were carried in the mouth when shopping. In one of his plays a young girl greets her father by kissing him on the mouth and extracts coins from his inner cheek with her tongue (Aristoph. Wasps, line 609)
Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Purchased from Ed Waddell, 23 February 1998
As the Attic playwright Aristophanes tells us, coins of tiny size like this one were carried in the mouth when shopping. In one of his plays a young girl greets her father by kissing him on the mouth and extracts coins from his inner cheek with her tongue (Aristoph. Wasps, line 609)