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<p>[QUOTE="Ignoramus Maximus, post: 4973206, member: 104741"]Lovely owl you got there, [USER=111037]@Only a Poor Old Man[/USER]! Congratulations! Needless to say, I would love to own one...</p><p>I have only this reduced nomos, it's from the same period.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not the smoothest of surfaces, but good enough for me.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1195151[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1195162[/ATTACH]</p><p>Vlasto 836. SNG ANS 1165</p><p><br /></p><p>Note the owl on the reverse.</p><p>I read somewhere (but I can't remember where, so I can't send a link) that the owl was a symbol of the alliance with Pyrrhos, so that might perhaps also help to explain the owls on the Tarentine coins of the period. Interestingly, the only Syracusan coin featuring an owl (and the Syracusans weren't exactly the best of friends of Athens either) also makes its appearance during the time of Pyrrhic alliance. So there may be something to it.</p><p> [ATTACH=full]1195169[/ATTACH]</p><p>Syracuse, time of Pyrrhos. 278-276BC. 22 mm. 10,46 gr. 10h.</p><p>Obv: Herakles in lion skin headdress</p><p>Rev: Athena Promachos, shield in left hand, thunderbolt in right; to lower right,</p><p>OWL. CNS 176</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: I found the link</p><p><a href="https://cngcoins.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=296" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=296" rel="nofollow">https://cngcoins.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=296</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ignoramus Maximus, post: 4973206, member: 104741"]Lovely owl you got there, [USER=111037]@Only a Poor Old Man[/USER]! Congratulations! Needless to say, I would love to own one... I have only this reduced nomos, it's from the same period. Not the smoothest of surfaces, but good enough for me. [ATTACH=full]1195151[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1195162[/ATTACH] Vlasto 836. SNG ANS 1165 Note the owl on the reverse. I read somewhere (but I can't remember where, so I can't send a link) that the owl was a symbol of the alliance with Pyrrhos, so that might perhaps also help to explain the owls on the Tarentine coins of the period. Interestingly, the only Syracusan coin featuring an owl (and the Syracusans weren't exactly the best of friends of Athens either) also makes its appearance during the time of Pyrrhic alliance. So there may be something to it. [ATTACH=full]1195169[/ATTACH] Syracuse, time of Pyrrhos. 278-276BC. 22 mm. 10,46 gr. 10h. Obv: Herakles in lion skin headdress Rev: Athena Promachos, shield in left hand, thunderbolt in right; to lower right, OWL. CNS 176 Edit: I found the link [URL]https://cngcoins.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=296[/URL][/QUOTE]
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