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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ycon, post: 2944555, member: 91771&quot;]Hi All! This is my first time posting. I&#039;ve been lurking for some time. I started collecting ancients when I was a kid and continued on and of through high school. I got back into it recently after many years a way (for reasons to be discussed in a future post). I&#039;ve been examining my very eclectic collection and I want your collective advice on a coin that&#039;s been troubling me. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]717682[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]717683[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The attribution I have for it is: Athens, ca. 449-413 BC, AR Obol. (0.7 gr, 9mm), Sear GCV 2540 O: Athena facing right, wearing a plumed helmet. R: Owl standing right, AOE to right, olive-leaf behind. </p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this off of ebay as an athenian obol, but I&#039;ve always suspected that it was an eastern imitation. In searching through cng, coinarchives, and acsearch, I haven&#039;t been able to find a perfect match among either the Athenian coins or the imitative ones. (I also don&#039;t have sear so I can&#039;t look up the number I have--&nbsp; and it also isn&#039;t in wildwinds). What are the best methods for distinguishing between the stylistically more primitive coins from Athens and the ones produced in Philistia? </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two from cng (first from Philistia, second from Athens) that look stylistically similar to me: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=181251" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=181251" rel="nofollow">https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=181251</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=247992" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=247992" rel="nofollow">https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=247992</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for your help! And sorry about the terrible iphone photos, I don&#039;t have much of a photography set up right now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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