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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8347372, member: 110226&quot;]I&#039;m looking forward to seeing the two additional acquisitions.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also went through acsearch yesterday trying locate a drachm similar to yours.&nbsp; There were over 2,000 listings and I made it up to around 1,000 before the list stopped refreshing.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if the problem was with my antique PC or due to the fact that I am not a subscriber for their services.&nbsp; At any rate I didn&#039;t see anything that stood out.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can see why GinoLR thinks your drachm might be from Qataban, based primarily on the obverse style, but the reverse doesn&#039;t appear to fit stylistically. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think you have a very rare to extremely rare coin and perhaps more information about it will come to light that will give it a more specific geographic origin. </p><p><br /></p><p>These coins are challenging and they get the old brain working much more than, say, a standardized Athenian owl.&nbsp; There&#039;s also a very exotic nature about these imitations, especially those with definite eastern stylistic influences, countermarks and scripts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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