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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silphium Addict, post: 6287944, member: 116882&quot;]Great owls everyone. I love the clever word play for the thread.</p><p>I have several, mainly on Magna Graecia drachms. Here are two of my favorites:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1249154[/ATTACH] </p><p>Lucania, Metapontion</p><p>AR drachm 325-275 BC 3.16 gm, 15 mm</p><p>O: owl standing slightly right, head facing; olive branch to right</p><p>R: barley ear with leaf to right; kerykeion above leaf</p><p>Johnston Class F, 1.2 = SNG Lloyd 396 (same dies); HN Italy 1611</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1249159[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp;Sicily, Syracuse Hieron II</p><p>AR 1-1/2 litrae 216-214 BC 1.05 gm, 12 mm</p><p>O: head Artemis right</p><p>R: owl standing slightly right </p><p>HGC Sicily 1424; CCO 308 (O2/R2)</p><p>What big eyes on the Syracuse coin![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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