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<p>[QUOTE="NewStyleKing, post: 6565547, member: 106483"][ATTACH=full]1263418[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Athens New Style Tetradrachm c158/7 BC</b></p><p>Obs : Athena Parthenos in tri-form helmet wearing aegis</p><p>15 55g 32.5mm Thompson issue 7</p><p>Thompson catalogue : Obs 27 : Rev NEW (no rudder)</p><p>Rev : ΑΘΕ ethnic</p><p>Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora</p><p>2 magistrates monograms : NAUKRATES ARI....</p><p>NO RUDDER SYMBOL BELOW LF MONOGRAM</p><p>EXE graffito below left centre olive wreath</p><p>All within surrounding olive wreath</p><p><br /></p><p>Smoothed I believe, maybe smoothed so much that they smoothed away the Rudder symbol which is normally below the left field Monogram as the example in Thompson for the same obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1263423[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>For the aficionado's of NewStyles amongst you, the obverse is the best portrayal of Athena since issue #1 and it is the last time an aegis appears.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="NewStyleKing, post: 6565547, member: 106483"][ATTACH=full]1263418[/ATTACH] [B]Athens New Style Tetradrachm c158/7 BC[/B] Obs : Athena Parthenos in tri-form helmet wearing aegis 15 55g 32.5mm Thompson issue 7 Thompson catalogue : Obs 27 : Rev NEW (no rudder) Rev : ΑΘΕ ethnic Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora 2 magistrates monograms : NAUKRATES ARI.... NO RUDDER SYMBOL BELOW LF MONOGRAM EXE graffito below left centre olive wreath All within surrounding olive wreath Smoothed I believe, maybe smoothed so much that they smoothed away the Rudder symbol which is normally below the left field Monogram as the example in Thompson for the same obverse. [ATTACH=full]1263423[/ATTACH] For the aficionado's of NewStyles amongst you, the obverse is the best portrayal of Athena since issue #1 and it is the last time an aegis appears.[/QUOTE]
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