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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3343597, member: 57495&quot;]Another Kamarina...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]885463[/ATTACH]<b>SICILY, Kamarina</b></p><p>AE Tetras or Trionkion. 3.39g, 14.5mm. Circa 420-405 BC. Westermark &amp; Jenkins Period 3, 204; CNS 40; HGC 2, 550. O: Helmeted head of Athena left; olive spray to left. R: [K-A-]MA, Owl standing facing, wings spread, grasping lizard; three pellets (mark of value) in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Camerata Romeu Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Control mark showing an apparently extinct species of double-bodied owl...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]885464[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CORINTHIA, Corinth</b></p><p>AR Stater. 8.42g, 23.3mm. CORINTH, Corinthia, circa 405-345 BC. Calciati 161.&nbsp; O: Pegasus flying right; qoppa below. R: Head of Athena right, wearing uncrested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head; EYΘ (retrograde) above, owl with two bodies and one head behind.</p><p><br /></p><p>Creepy faceless RR owl. I call him Rufus, obviously.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]885466[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.82g, 18.8mm. Rome mint, 46 BC, Mn. Cordius Rufus, moneyer. Crawford 463/2; Sydenham 978. O: Crested Corinthian helmet right, surmounted by owl, RVFVS to left. R: Aegis of Minerva decorated with facing head of Medusa in center, MN CORDIVS around.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obligatory Athens owl...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]885465[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ATTICA, Athens</b></p><p>AR Tetradrachm. 17.16g, 25mm. ATTICA, Athens, circa 430s-420s BC. Kroll 8; SNG Cop 31; HGC 4, 1597. O: Head of Athena right, with frontal eye, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl. R: Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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