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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 998114, member: 19463&quot;]Athenian Obol</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; Athens, the capital of the modern country of Greece always was an important center of Greek culture in antiquity.&nbsp; This small (.7g) silver obol from the early 5th century BC shows an early use of a reverse die punch adding an owl (the city badge) to the head of Athena (the namesake goddess).&nbsp;&nbsp; Modern collectors prefer the more common and much larger silver tetradrachms but many cities issued coins in a wide range of denominations down to some weighing under a tenth of a gram.&nbsp; This little coin bears the legend naming its city.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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