Small Indian Gold Coin #3 Lesbos Mytilene Coin leaving both sides fully visible

leaving both sides fully visible

A vivid piece of Magna Graecia

Issued under the reign of Antoninus Pius

this bronze dupondius reflects a period of continuity and internal stability

the piece reflects the practical and symbolic language of early Roman Republican coinage

Small Indian Gold Coin #3 Lesbos Mytilene Coin leaving both sides fully visibleThis dainty pendant includes a genuine fanam coin struck in Cochin, South India between c. 16001750 AD, paired with a delicate 14k gold chain. Among the smallest coins in the world, these fanams were hand struck in high purity gold and circulated in the kingdom of Travancore, now part of Kerala. Though tiny (see quarter for scale), their weight carried immense economic and cultural significance. One side shows a stylized boar, its legs formed by