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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NewStyleKing, post: 4798418, member: 106483&quot;]Nice Cicada [USER=83175]@akeady[/USER] . Looks to be an obverse match to yours!</p><p>This issue was the first one with controls that was placed on the amphora.</p><p><b>Athens New Style Tetradrachm c 153/2 BC</b></p><p>Obs : Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet</p><p>34.2mm 16.80 g Thompson issue 12</p><p>Thompson catalogue : Obs 66 : Rev NEW/not in plates</p><p>Rev : ΑΘΕ ethnic</p><p>Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora</p><p>on which month letter A</p><p>2 magistrates monograms in both fields</p><p>LF symbol : Cicada</p><p>All within a surrounding olive wreath</p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/23982/Both_CICADA~0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So I had to get an example with a letter A!</p><p>There are examples with the Cicada on the Right hand side that are not mentioned in Thompson which I have noted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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