Twice the owls, double the fun!

Thank you for the information. I am really not at all knowledgeable with ancient scripts of the region. I try to decipher Aramaic and Phoenician characters, and even there I am over my head often times.

BTW I really like your avatar of a Lihyanite rendition of Athena. Picasso couldn't have done better.

 

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ATHENS FRACTIONAL OWLS - AR & AE


Athens Attica 454-404 BCE AR HemiDrachm 16mm 2.08g Athena frontal eye - facing Owl wings closed olive branches COP 70 SG 2528



Athens 340-317 BCE BC AE 12 Athena attic helmet R- Double bodied Owl with head facing E olive sprigs kalathos R BMC 224

 

Good old owls.

I have this tiny hemiobol, looking much better in hand



Attica. Athens circa 454-404 BC.
Hemiobol AR
6 mm., 0,27 g.
Obv. Helmeted head of Athena right. Rev. AΘΕ ; Owl right head facing, wings folded, olive-leaf and berry behind, all within an incuse square. Sear SG 2531


And a Seleukid one



SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Cleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII. (126/5-121/0 BC) AE20 Antioch, Dated SE 190 = 123/2

Mint: Antioch
Radiate and diademed head of Antiochos VIII right
Rev: Owl standing right on fallen amphora, head facing; IE to inner right; below, PP (date, first P retrograde) and palm.

Legend: BAΣΙΛIΣΣHΣ KΛEOΠATPAΣ KAI BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY
SC 2263.2f.
6,66 g, 20mm

 

Shekel of Tyre, first half of the 4th c. BC. AR 12.80 g.
Obv. Melqart holding bow and riding an hippocamp r. over waves and a dolphin (off flan). Rev. Egyptian-style owl standing r. head facing, crook and flail over shoulder; to the r. IIII (year 4, but of which king?).

 

Any recommendations where to find some of the Athena Owl coins? I would like to find a silver one as I know gold is definitely out of my budget but locally the coins are not ancient near me and Unless its grades graded I know many fakes kn Ebay. Thanks