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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 4274883, member: 110226&quot;]That&#039;s a really nice archaic style on the obverse of the obol.</p><p><br /></p><p>Congratulations!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an interesting bulk lot of Attica tetradrachms that I purchased from Roma, E-Sale 67.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The lot is comprised of five coins, three of which have test cuts.&nbsp; The remaining two are, I believe, eastern imitations, especially the bottom coin to the right. </p><p><br /></p><p>That coin weighs 14.4 grams (far below the Attic standard) and the flan is oblong.&nbsp; It could be a fourré, but I don&#039;t see any breaks indicating a copper core.&nbsp; There is a countermark on the cheek.&nbsp; The surfaces are porous, indicating an origin from a buried hoard.&nbsp; With a weight of 14.4 grams, this coin is closer to shekel or Egyptian (Ptolemaic) weight.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other bottom coin, to the left, weighs 17.1, rough surfaces, and could be Athenian (late mass production).&nbsp; The eye, though, is odd, and doesn&#039;t seem to be in the style that one would expect from Athens.&nbsp; Also the hair is coarse (thick bands) as opposed to the finely detailed hair lines seen on most Athenian tetradrachms from this period.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1088057[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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