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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8157661, member: 110226&quot;]Thanks</p><p><br /></p><p>I would be inclined to agree, except for the atypical treatment of the palmette which is stylistically dissimilar to the style of the mid to late classical owls produced by Athens from around 440 to 406 BC.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the obverse, while the palmette does become larger and less refined, moving from the transitional classical owls to the standardized owls, the palmette on the OP coin is even larger, with a very long central tendril.&nbsp; Also, the spacing of the olive leaves on the helmet are clustered rather oddly, in an idiosyncratic way, bunched together towards the front, rather than more evenly spaced. The treatment of the earing is different. </p><p><br /></p><p>Further, the overall style of Athena&#039;s portrait just doesn&#039;t seem to fit the styles that I have seen for Athenian owls. as varied as they are, especially as production ramped up in the 440s and 430s. </p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse of the OP coin does mimic the Athenian style pretty successfully.&nbsp; Compare it to the last standardized owl, and without looking at it closely, it would pass as the reverse of an Athenian owl.&nbsp; But a closer view shows some differences, such as the wider body on the OP coin as well as the heavier treatment of the owl&#039;s legs and talons.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are few standardized classical owls for comparison.&nbsp; The last coin is a late standardized owl, probably issued in the last decade of the 5th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1423599[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1423606[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1423607[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And the OP coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1423600[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Since the early imitative owls generally come very close to the original design of the classical standardized owls, this coin, I think, in all probability is an eastern mint product, produced in the late 5th to mid 4th centuries BC.&nbsp; The rust buildup next to the eye on the obverse could very well be just that.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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