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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1784332, member: 15445&quot;]<b><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">ATTICA, Athens</span></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">AR Tetradrachm</span></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">130 – 29 B.C.</span></font></b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">16.77 gms, 31 mm</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><b>Obv:</b> Head of Athena facing right with</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">double-crested Attic helmet</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">adorned with Pegasos.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><b>Rev:</b> Owl standing right on fallen am-</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">phora with head facing, elephant</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">symbol to right, all within olive</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">wreath. The letter E on amphora</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">ME in exergue. Upper field</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">around owl A-OE and ANT-OXOΣ.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">Left field continues with </font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">KAPA/IXOΣ/ΣKY/MNO/Σ </font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">[magistrates Antiochos, Karaichos</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">and Skymnos]. </font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><b>Grade:</b> AU with good centering</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">and strike confirmed by NGC</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">opinion. Some porosity at obverse</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">otherwise as struck with good </font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">tone &amp; luster.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><b>Other:</b> “New Style” Athenian Tetradrachm w/ ref. to Syrian king Antiochus and the invasion of Mithradates. Purchased in an NGC slab from Pegasi Numismatics September 2013. Thompson 397h.</font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">[ATTACH=full]286309[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]286310[/ATTACH] </font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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