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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NewStyleKing, post: 4717690, member: 106483&quot;]<b>Athens New Style Tetradrachm c 90/9 BC</b></p><p>Obs : Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet</p><p>29 mm 16.53 gm Thompson issue (new) 75</p><p>Thompson catalogue: IMITATION Obs : 1420 Rev : NEW</p><p>Rev : ΑΘΕ ethnic</p><p>Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora</p><p>on which month mark A control ? below</p><p>2 magistrates : XENOCLES HARMOXENOS</p><p>RF symbol : Aetolia ?</p><p>All surrounded by an olive wreath</p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/23982/normal_Superb_Both_Aetolia.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is an imitation of the Athens New Style seated Roma issue. It has the same magistrates names but Roma has transformed into another representation which highly resembles Aetolia seated on a pile of shields signalling her and her Aetolians victories over Celts/Gauls some years previous. In usurping Roma I believe that this is a political message against the Romans and by inference for Mithradates. Symbols are greater than the written word so they kept the 2 magistrates and this also can be seen as a snub.</p><p>The example is obviously barbarous/imitative and rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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