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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 24597101, member: 110226&quot;]I will try to get more information from the seller regarding this group of owls.&nbsp; Sellers unfortunately tend to be quite reticent divulging information about coins coming from various sources.&nbsp; He did mention that they came from Syria, which is helpful to a very limited extent.&nbsp; Questions remain unanswered: Where specifically in Syria?&nbsp; When was the hoard discovered?&nbsp; Is this indeed from a hoard or is this an assemblage of coins from different locations?&nbsp; Could these coins have possibly come from a collection?</p><p><br /></p><p>It is clear that the owls share certain characteristics.&nbsp; They are not Athenian, with a couple of exceptions not in the photo.&nbsp; The reverse owls resemble Buttrey types.&nbsp; They are pretty high grade, lacking test cuts.&nbsp; A few have minor graffiti. One has a countermark (again not in the photo).&nbsp; It is possible that the coins offered were high graded and excluded any with test cuts.&nbsp; That&#039;s speculation on my part.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The owls were offered as groups over the course of three months or so by one seller in Israel.&nbsp; Another Israeli seller offered some of these owls, a few of whom were also offered by the other seller!&nbsp; Quite confusing.&nbsp; That seller put the owls up for sale individually on eBay and MA Shops.&nbsp; Since then I am no longer in contact with him.&nbsp; He got into trouble with eBay trying to ship coins out of Turkey, resulting in extreme shipping delays.&nbsp; He is no longer a registered eBay member, though his MA Shops site is still active.</p><p><br /></p><p>Getting back to the owls from Syria, I will attempt to get more specific information on them.&nbsp; I need to buy a piece of black velvet or felt for a background and photograph all 33 coins.&nbsp; Now that I have written about these coins, perhaps I will have the motivation to go to the store and make the purchase.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I will provide updates as they occur.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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