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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 20376175, member: 110226&quot;]Thank you, <b>GinoLR</b>, for the information.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen those two owl offered by Cerberus Coins on VCoins before.&nbsp; Actually they&#039;ve been listed for a considerable period, at least three years.&nbsp; Yes, they do share some characteristics with the OP coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been dissuaded from attributing that coin to Sabakes. Really, there&#039;s no way to make a firm attribution to that satrap.&nbsp; Instead, I&#039;m thinking in two directions: 1) the coin could be an Arabian imitation, or, 2) it might be a late Athenian owl, possibly third century BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since I posted the OP owl and created the thread last year, I obtained another example, through VCoins, from Zurqieh, of the UAE.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the two owls side by side.&nbsp; The one on the left is the coin I posted last year, the one on the right a more recent purchase, also from 2022.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Two eastern owls, 4th century BC, 16.86 grams (l) 17.09 grams (r).</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1540626[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>I&#039;m not sure if there is a die match for the obverse and reverse for these two coins. I&#039;m not very good at making a determination, but they seem pretty close.&nbsp; The coin on the right was struck on a somewhat wider flan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, both coins appear to have folded flans:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1540627[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Arabian link seems to be based on style, especially of the owl, which is similar to the second owl from Cerberus. On the other hand, the folded flan would suggest an Athenian origin, unless other mints adopted this practice.&nbsp; Could these two owls be from the later 3rd century, when Athenian coinage became very sporadic and varied stylistically?</p><p><br /></p><p>These are interesting questions to ponder any time of the day, for me.&nbsp; Any comments are always welcome![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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