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<p>[QUOTE="pprp, post: 4608730, member: 94602"]This reminds me that I just noticed 2 owl tets to be sold in HA, which are die matches to one of my coins, see photo below. First of all, I am thrilled to find 3 coins from the same dies.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the HA coins is NGC certified and classified as "Near East or Egypt" ([USER=79368]@Barry Murphy[/USER]) <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/5745471-321/NGCAncients/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/5745471-321/NGCAncients/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/5745471-321/NGCAncients/</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: the second HA coin is here <a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/greek/ancient-coins/near-east-or-egypt-c5th-4th-centuries-bc-ar-tetradrachm/p/232031-11068.s" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/greek/ancient-coins/near-east-or-egypt-c5th-4th-centuries-bc-ar-tetradrachm/p/232031-11068.s" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/greek/ancient-coins/near-east-or-egypt-c5th-4th-centuries-bc-ar-tetradrachm/p/232031-11068.s</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The reference given by HA is Peter van Alfen, "The 'Owls' from the 1989 Syria Hoard with a review of Pre-Macedonian Coinage in Egypt," AJN 14 (2002), pl. 11, 2" which is a shockingly different coin and so I believe they didn't even open the article before citing it.</p><p><br /></p><p>So my question to [USER=79368]@Barry Murphy[/USER] is: do you have a reference which classifies this coin as "Near East or Egypt"? The only slightly unusual feature I see, is the the high density of dots (plumes) on the owl.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1141484[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="pprp, post: 4608730, member: 94602"]This reminds me that I just noticed 2 owl tets to be sold in HA, which are die matches to one of my coins, see photo below. First of all, I am thrilled to find 3 coins from the same dies. One of the HA coins is NGC certified and classified as "Near East or Egypt" ([USER=79368]@Barry Murphy[/USER]) [URL]https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/5745471-321/NGCAncients/[/URL]. Edit: the second HA coin is here [URL]https://coins.ha.com/itm/greek/ancient-coins/near-east-or-egypt-c5th-4th-centuries-bc-ar-tetradrachm/p/232031-11068.s[/URL] The reference given by HA is Peter van Alfen, "The 'Owls' from the 1989 Syria Hoard with a review of Pre-Macedonian Coinage in Egypt," AJN 14 (2002), pl. 11, 2" which is a shockingly different coin and so I believe they didn't even open the article before citing it. So my question to [USER=79368]@Barry Murphy[/USER] is: do you have a reference which classifies this coin as "Near East or Egypt"? The only slightly unusual feature I see, is the the high density of dots (plumes) on the owl. [ATTACH=full]1141484[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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