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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4948652, member: 96898"]Interesting write-up! That's certainly an unusual Athenian coin. The depiction of Antony as Dionysus seems kind of fitting to me, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>My only Athenian bronze coin can rightfully be described as "crude" in the FSR sense of the word:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1189449[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Attica, Athens, AE 13, ca. 322–307 BC. Obv: head of Athena with Attic helmet r. Rev: two owls standing on thunderbolt; below, ethnic AΘE; all in olive wreath. 13mm, 2.10g. Ref: SNG Copenhagen 92–93; Kroll: Greek Coins (1993), no. 44 var.; BMC 537–540.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4948652, member: 96898"]Interesting write-up! That's certainly an unusual Athenian coin. The depiction of Antony as Dionysus seems kind of fitting to me, though. My only Athenian bronze coin can rightfully be described as "crude" in the FSR sense of the word: [ATTACH=full]1189449[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Attica, Athens, AE 13, ca. 322–307 BC. Obv: head of Athena with Attic helmet r. Rev: two owls standing on thunderbolt; below, ethnic AΘE; all in olive wreath. 13mm, 2.10g. Ref: SNG Copenhagen 92–93; Kroll: Greek Coins (1993), no. 44 var.; BMC 537–540.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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