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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 26276693, member: 92212&quot;]What does it weigh?</p><p><br /></p><p>The inscription lettering is reminiscent of late 1st century BC Indo-Scythian tetradrachms usage of Kharoshthi script. However, the metal and surface looks odd.</p><p><br /></p><p>It may be a Himyarite imitation of Athenian tets.&nbsp; About which....</p><p><br /></p><p>...1. Scroll to the very bottom of this excellent web page:</p><p><a href="https://rg.ancients.info/owls/imitations.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rg.ancients.info/owls/imitations.html" rel="nofollow">https://rg.ancients.info/owls/imitations.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>...2.&nbsp; Note that on the above web page in regards to the Himyarite Athenian owl imitations, it says this: <i>&quot;These coins appear frequently on the market, and given the documentation of a large number of modern cast fakes in the Bulletin on Counterfeits Vol. 18 No. 1 (1993), it probably makes sense to buy from a safer source.&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>...3. See these two coins:</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1222847" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1222847" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1222847</a></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3797043" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3797043" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3797043</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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