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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 8007536, member: 128351&quot;][ATTACH=full]1389279[/ATTACH] </p><p>Imitative AR tetradrachma, 17.07 g, 9 h. (found in Rafah, Palestinian Territories, ancient Raphia). 2nd half of the 4th c. BC. (not my coin ! but funny)</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin imitates the types of the Athenian intermediate pi-style tetradrachmas of the 4th c, and could have been minted in Egypt (before 343) or in the Philistian area. But why is there a tiny olive or laurel-leaf growing on top of Athena&#039;s ear? Obviously the person who carved the obv. die did not understand the motives on Athena&#039;s helmet were leaves...</p><p><br /></p><p>NEXT : an ancient imitation of the Attic owl.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>PS</b> : Too bad ! Before I posted this Panzerman had just been posting his own. How can I suppress my own post on this thread?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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