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<p>[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 2350663, member: 44183"]<span style="color: #0000ff">Super OP-winner, H8 (congrats) ... man, that is a fat lil' baby, eh?</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I have a chubby example as well, but my sweetie has a couple of Zorro test-cuts on 'er ... </span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Athenian Attic Owl AR Tetradrachm</span></b></p><p><b>Mint: in imitation of the contemporary coinage of Athens (Egypt or Syria)</b></p><p>After Circa 413 B.C.</p><p>Diameter: 26.4 x 22.2 mm</p><p>Weight: 15.2 grams</p><p>Obverse: head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet ornamented with three olive leaves along the front edge, palmette on bowl, and spiral behind ear, her hair drawn across forehead in parallel curves</p><p>Reverse: AΘE (the first letter represented as a triangle) before owl standing right, head facing, in erect posture, olive sprig and lunar crescent in upper field to left, all within incuse square</p><p>Reference: cf. Kraay (Archaic and Classical Greek Coins) pp. 73-74 and pl. 12, 204</p><p>Other: two deep test cuts on owl’s head and wing</p><p><i><b>=> authenticated and attributed by David Sear</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]478612[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]478613[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]478614[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]478632[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]478633[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=> again H8, that looks like an awesome new addition (you're buying some sweet coins lately)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 2350663, member: 44183"][COLOR=#0000ff]Super OP-winner, H8 (congrats) ... man, that is a fat lil' baby, eh? I have a chubby example as well, but my sweetie has a couple of Zorro test-cuts on 'er ... [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#ff0000]Athenian Attic Owl AR Tetradrachm[/COLOR] Mint: in imitation of the contemporary coinage of Athens (Egypt or Syria)[/B] After Circa 413 B.C. Diameter: 26.4 x 22.2 mm Weight: 15.2 grams Obverse: head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet ornamented with three olive leaves along the front edge, palmette on bowl, and spiral behind ear, her hair drawn across forehead in parallel curves Reverse: AΘE (the first letter represented as a triangle) before owl standing right, head facing, in erect posture, olive sprig and lunar crescent in upper field to left, all within incuse square Reference: cf. Kraay (Archaic and Classical Greek Coins) pp. 73-74 and pl. 12, 204 Other: two deep test cuts on owl’s head and wing [I][B]=> authenticated and attributed by David Sear[/B][/I] [ATTACH=full]478612[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]478613[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]478614[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]478632[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]478633[/ATTACH] [COLOR=#0000ff]=> again H8, that looks like an awesome new addition (you're buying some sweet coins lately) :rolleyes:[/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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