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<p>[QUOTE="Michael Stolt, post: 7865528, member: 100445"]So it did not take long until I acquired a third owl <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":shy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I hammered home this beautiful Egyptian imitation of an Athenian tetradrachm today at the CNG keystone auction. </p><p><br /></p><p>The surfaces are not the best, but it still has a very pleasing style, toning and centering.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/cng/e/keystone4/image00095.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>EGYPT, Pharaonic Kingdom. Uncertain pharaoh(s). Late 5th–mid 4th centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.03 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. </p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square. </p><p><br /></p><p>References: Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, Fig. 1 = Buttrey Type B.</p><p><br /></p><p>Provenance: From the Robert W. Bartlett Bequest Sold for the Benefit of the American Numismatic Society. Ex Ponterio 18 (26 March 1985), lot 226.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Stolt, post: 7865528, member: 100445"]So it did not take long until I acquired a third owl :shy: I hammered home this beautiful Egyptian imitation of an Athenian tetradrachm today at the CNG keystone auction. The surfaces are not the best, but it still has a very pleasing style, toning and centering. [IMG]https://www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/cng/e/keystone4/image00095.jpg[/IMG] EGYPT, Pharaonic Kingdom. Uncertain pharaoh(s). Late 5th–mid 4th centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.03 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye. Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square. References: Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, Fig. 1 = Buttrey Type B. Provenance: From the Robert W. Bartlett Bequest Sold for the Benefit of the American Numismatic Society. Ex Ponterio 18 (26 March 1985), lot 226.[/QUOTE]
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