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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 7753146, member: 110226&quot;]Thank you for the link.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve noticed, especially in the Roma auctions that very similar imitative owls are listed as Bactrian, or from Parthia, or from an unknown satrap.&nbsp; The Bactrian coins have various symbols that must act as control marks, notably grapes and the prow of a ship.&nbsp; Also, the monogram MA appears on the obverse, behind the portrait, with some of the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s one such coin, from Roma Auction XX, lot 334.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bactria, &quot;Athenian Series&quot;, 261-239 BCE</p><p>Tetradrachm </p><p>16.64 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1327896[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin has a bunch of grapes to the left of the owl, on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>While different from the OP coin in many ways, this owl does have the edge of the helmet ending in a curve above the ear, on the obverse similar the &quot;parrot&quot; owl in my first post.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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