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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 6615318, member: 110226"]Thank you. It has taken about 30 years to acquire these archaic tetradrachms, though I must say the pace rapidly picked up starting around 2018. The limitation for me is the expense plus the fact that many are very crude and unappealing. </p><p><br /></p><p>An interesting aspect of the archaic Athenian owls is that there are indications that they were imitated, probably in the Levante or Egypt.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's one example, that sold through MA Shops. I was interested in purchasing it, but another buyer beat me to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>17.12 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1266937[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Needless to say this is a controversial coin. I would imagine that it would be called a copy, fake, or not genuine, due to its deviations from classical archaic designs, specifically the crest, eye and the somewhat flat styling of the owl.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 6615318, member: 110226"]Thank you. It has taken about 30 years to acquire these archaic tetradrachms, though I must say the pace rapidly picked up starting around 2018. The limitation for me is the expense plus the fact that many are very crude and unappealing. An interesting aspect of the archaic Athenian owls is that there are indications that they were imitated, probably in the Levante or Egypt. Here's one example, that sold through MA Shops. I was interested in purchasing it, but another buyer beat me to it. 17.12 grams [ATTACH=full]1266937[/ATTACH] Needless to say this is a controversial coin. I would imagine that it would be called a copy, fake, or not genuine, due to its deviations from classical archaic designs, specifically the crest, eye and the somewhat flat styling of the owl.[/QUOTE]
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