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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NewStyleKing, post: 4511596, member: 106483&quot;]<b>Athens New Style Tetradrachm c143/2 BC</b></p><p>Obs : Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet</p><p>16.00 gm 34.4mm Thompson issue 22</p><p>Thompson catalogue : Obs 188 : Rev NEW</p><p>Rev : ΑΘΕ ethnic</p><p>Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora on which</p><p>month mark Θ below left control mark ME 2 magistrates : ΔΙΟΦΑ ΔΙΟΔΟ</p><p>LF symbol : Apollo</p><p>All within a surrounding olive wreath</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/23982/APOLLO_BOTH~0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Miss Thompson said that the Athena obverse on the Apollo coinage is possibly the worse rendition on the whole of the New Style.</p><p>There are two renditions of Apollo on the reverse of this issue, this is the commoner, the other almost certainly based on a statue somewhere. Must get one sometime!</p><p><br /></p><p>Next: More Apollo[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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