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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3432030, member: 19463&quot;]This has stuck for a half hour now which shocks me since a common Athenian owl would do but I will repeat a Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC) period Sikyon with a Greek letter in exergue.&nbsp; You have to look hard to see it because it is a faintly scratched Phi in the obverse exergue.&nbsp; The one on the wings on the reverse is more bold.&nbsp; I am just guessing but I propose that this stater once belonged to a Greek who initial was Phi.&nbsp; No, I can&#039;t prove it. What I can prove is that these scratches made the coin cheaper for me while adding interest from my standpoint.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]911175[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, maybe should not have duplicated the type so I&#039;ll throw in another coin from that date period.&nbsp; I know many of us have Classical period owls.&nbsp; I&#039;ll show one that people wanted to check for being solid and not fourree.&nbsp; Oops. it turned out is was fourree after all. Too bad.&nbsp; Unfortunately this is a bit too early style to be an official issue of the &#039;Emergency&#039; 404 BC.&nbsp; It is just an ancient counterfeit. Too, too bad.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]911178[/ATTACH] </p><p>Next: a coin with the mark of a previous owner[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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