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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Chris B, post: 3184585, member: 87179&quot;]To anyone still following this thread, I picked up a few more from CNG this week.</p><p><br /></p><p>My first owl. Despite being new to ancients it has been on my wishlist for a while.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ATTICA, Athens. </b>Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.00 g, 8h). Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597. VF, toned, bankers’ marks, graffiti.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]821180[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My second of this type but a different variety.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. </b>336-323 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.27 g, 12h). Miletos mint. Struck under Philoxenos, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, legs crossed; monogram in left field. Price 2090; ADM I Series I. EF, underlying luster, slight die wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Price 2090 comprises two varieties, one with Zeus’ legs parallel (or spread), the other with his legs crossed, though this distinction is not delineated in his corpus.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]821181[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And my second owl. A new type for me. It just spoke to me.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>PONTOS, Amisos (as Peiraieos). </b>Circa 435-370 BC. AR Siglos (18mm, 5.35 g, 2h). Arys-, magistrate. Head of Hera left, wearing stephanos / Owl, with spread wings, standing facing on shield; [control marks to left and right], AP-YΣ across central fields. Malloy –; HGC 7, 229 var. (unlisted magistrate). VF, bright surfaces. Very rare variety with this magistrate.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 290 (7 November 2012), lot 199.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]821182[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>All images and descriptions are from the CNG lot listings.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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