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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Napata, post: 3840366, member: 76197&quot;]Hi,</p><p><br /></p><p>while I certainly am wary of random sellers or eBay altogether, I felt a bit adventurous and who knows what kind of nuggets can be found. Cheap unpopular/small coins with vague/wrong attribution can hint its genuineness.</p><p><br /></p><p>I stumbled onto two Athenian owls of smaller denomination that strike odd. Same exact flan, obverse and reverse orientation, and strike. The roughness, however, appears different. Could they be modern casts? I originally thought being the same coin listed twice, before checking the minute roughness details. Could be lighting though...</p><p><br /></p><p>Here they are:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191106000203/https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-SILVER-GREEK-ATHENS-HEMI-OBOL-COIN-233/153701338350?hash=item23c9504cee:g:jeAAAOSwATpdtq8j" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191106000203/https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-SILVER-GREEK-ATHENS-HEMI-OBOL-COIN-233/153701338350?hash=item23c9504cee:g:jeAAAOSwATpdtq8j" rel="nofollow">Owl #1</a></p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191105235430/https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-SILVER-GREEK-ATHENS-HEMI-OBOL-COIN-234/153701340999?hash=item23c9505747:g:TTcAAOSwvMBdtq~1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191105235430/https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-SILVER-GREEK-ATHENS-HEMI-OBOL-COIN-234/153701340999?hash=item23c9505747:g:TTcAAOSwvMBdtq~1" rel="nofollow">Owl #2</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of owls, I also came across this nice siglos with the owl countermark. Some people are seeking them out. Already got&#039;em on two different sigloi of mine. Gotta keep a healthy budget for more interesting rarities.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191106000114/https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ancient-Solid-Silver-Coin-AR-Siglos-Achaemenid-Empire-485-420-BC/113947313957?hash=item1a87ca0725:g:aO4AAOSwRu5dogVm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191106000114/https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ancient-Solid-Silver-Coin-AR-Siglos-Achaemenid-Empire-485-420-BC/113947313957?hash=item1a87ca0725:g:aO4AAOSwRu5dogVm" rel="nofollow">Banker&#039;s Mark Owl on Siglos</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ancient-Solid-Silver-Coin-AR-Siglos-Achaemenid-Empire-485-420-BC/113947313957?hash=item1a87ca0725:g:aO4AAOSwRu5dogVm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ancient-Solid-Silver-Coin-AR-Siglos-Achaemenid-Empire-485-420-BC/113947313957?hash=item1a87ca0725:g:aO4AAOSwRu5dogVm" rel="nofollow">Original Listing</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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