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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 6282903, member: 26430&quot;](1) Here&#039;s my favorite &quot;mass classical owl&quot; -- the reverse is nice and crisp, sadly there&#039;s a pressure fracture (I believe from the striking) <i>right on Athena&#039;s eye</i>!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1248822[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>(2) Here&#039;s my &quot;Last Screech of the Athens Owl.&quot; As far as I can tell, this is the last of them, but I&#039;m also here to ask.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe [USER=106483]@NewStyleKing[/USER] king help: New Style Coinage is often dated 165 BC to 42 BC, for the series. But I&#039;ve been unable to figure of which, if any, issues (besides imitations) were struck after the Sulla/&quot;flats of Lucullus&quot; series. I think Thompson only lists imitations after, doesn&#039;t she? What am I missing for those last four and a half decades?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1248824[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Apologies, still using the auction house photo, but wanted to share &amp; ask a question before I forget.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="https://i.imgur.com/2smmKg8.mp4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://i.imgur.com/2smmKg8.mp4" rel="nofollow">Coin-in-hand video link here</a> (via Imgur).</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Below are my cut-and-pastes from the 1999 auction catalog:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1248819[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>ATTICA, Athens AR “New Style” Tetradrachm </b>(29mm, 16.36 g, 12h). Struck during Roman occupation under Sulla, Proquaestor L. Licinius Lucullus, 86-84 BC.</p><p><b>Obverse</b>: Head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing single-pendant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Attic helmet decorated with the foreparts of four horses above the visor, a Griffin (?) in flight rightward above the raised earpiece, and a curvilinear ornament on the bowl.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; two monograms flanking; all within wreath.</p><p><b>References</b>: Thompson 1315 (same obv. die[?]); HGC 4, 1779.</p><p><b>Pedigree</b>: <i>Ex</i> <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Lot.aspx?LOT_ID=18073" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Lot.aspx?LOT_ID=18073" rel="nofollow"><i>CNG Feature Auction 115, Lot 147</i></a> <i>(17 September 2020), “From the collection of a Texas Wine Doctor”; Ex</i> <a href="https://imgur.com/gallery/N8NrZ6l" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://imgur.com/gallery/N8NrZ6l" rel="nofollow"><i>CNG Sale 51, Lot 302 (15 September 1999)</i></a>*.</p><p><b>Notes</b>: Possible correction: Described by CNG as Pegasus, but appears to be griffin / winged lion on the visor behind the horses.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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