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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3343565, member: 56859"]What a difference a space makes! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A couple from Kamarina, from engravers who apparently never looked at real owls (what <i>is</i> that bump in their pelvic area?):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/kamarinatetras-athenaleft-owllizard-a-jpg.431261/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SICILY, Kamarina. 420-405 BCE.</b> AE tetras, 3.34 gm. Large head of Athena left, wearing crested helmet with wings. Owl standing left, with lizard in talon; KAMA (retrograde) upward in right field; three dots in exergue. Westermark / Jenkins 198 (see FIG. Pl. 35 / 198.24), SNG ANS 1230 Calciati III no. 28/4 (dotted-border type)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/kamarinatetras-athenaright-owllizard-a-jpg.431264/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SICILY, Kamarina. 420-405 BCE.</b> AE tetras, 3.11 gm. Head of Athena right, wearing winged Phrygian helmet; dotted border. KAMA (legend from top to bottom), with owl standing left, lizard in talons; three dots in exergue. Westermark / Jenkins 202, SNG ANS -., Calciati III No. 39.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3343565, member: 56859"]What a difference a space makes! :D A couple from Kamarina, from engravers who apparently never looked at real owls (what [I]is[/I] that bump in their pelvic area?): [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/kamarinatetras-athenaleft-owllizard-a-jpg.431261/[/IMG] [B]SICILY, Kamarina. 420-405 BCE.[/B] AE tetras, 3.34 gm. Large head of Athena left, wearing crested helmet with wings. Owl standing left, with lizard in talon; KAMA (retrograde) upward in right field; three dots in exergue. Westermark / Jenkins 198 (see FIG. Pl. 35 / 198.24), SNG ANS 1230 Calciati III no. 28/4 (dotted-border type) [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/kamarinatetras-athenaright-owllizard-a-jpg.431264/[/IMG] [B]SICILY, Kamarina. 420-405 BCE.[/B] AE tetras, 3.11 gm. Head of Athena right, wearing winged Phrygian helmet; dotted border. KAMA (legend from top to bottom), with owl standing left, lizard in talons; three dots in exergue. Westermark / Jenkins 202, SNG ANS -., Calciati III No. 39.[/QUOTE]
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