When you can't afford an Owl....

I've posted this coin before, but I thought it's worth another go.

Arabia, Northwest, Lihyan
AE "tetradrachm"
2nd-1st centuries BC
7.4 grams
Rare



Now, I am not sure about the correct orientation of the obverse, given the very abstract rendering of Athena's profile, but I think the first photo is the correct one, since it is roughly similar to other examples that I have seen on-line.

Here's the other orientation.

 

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Cool Crook and Flail Egyptian Theme going on here...

Tyre
1/16 shekel
10mm 0.47g
5th-4th BCE
hippocamp l over waves -
owl with crook and flail behind
Sear Greek 5916.BMC Tyre 43
Ex: @Valentinian

 

Nice owls in this thread.

This one's not so nice, but it is a countermark owl and at $2.50 it fit within my budget. In the two-birds-on-one coin department, there is an eagle on the reverse:



Pergamum, Mysia Æ 20
(c. 200-133 B.C.)
Laureate head of Asklepios right / [Π - Ε[Ρ / Γ - Α / ΜΗΝΩΝ], Eagle standing l. on thunderbolt, head right, with wings spread.
SNG BN 1870-1.
Countermark: Owl standing r., head facing, within 7 mm circle.
sim. SNG France 1815
(6.44 grams / 20 mm)

Attribution Note:
Owl countermark commonly on the reverse of Asklepios/serpent host coins from Pergamum (SNG France 1815 with countermark). I could not find this exact
host/countermark combination (Mar. 2020)

 

Thanks, Brian. Have always loved your little Athenian one.

 

A very recent acquisition, 1973 1 drachma