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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2710081, member: 56859&quot;]What&#039;s the size of your Athena/Owl?&nbsp; That might help eliminate some options.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m having some luck in CNG&#039;s archives and ACsearch using the search combination &quot;AE, Athena right, owl left&quot;... or at least I&#039;m not getting unwieldy numbers of hits.&nbsp; There are more issuing cities than I realized for this design.</p><p><br /></p><p>Higher resolution, in-focus images might help (and might not <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze coins with Athena bust right/owl standing left were struck in, and probably some others I&#039;ve missed:</p><p><br /></p><p>ARKADIA, Tegea</p><p>AKARNANIA, Argos Amphilochikon</p><p>AKARNANIA, Thyrrheion</p><p>ATTICA, Athens</p><p>CILICIA, Seleukeia</p><p>CILICIA, Seleucia ad Calycadnum</p><p>LUCANIA, Velia</p><p><br /></p><p>Some on this list can be effectively ruled out because of other things, such as an abundance of legend or letters which your coin probably doesn&#039;t have.</p><p><br /></p><p>I saw many others with Athena and/or the owl facing the wrong way, so it is possible that those cities struck coins with Athena and the owl facing the same directions as your coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think it is from Pergamum.&nbsp; On those small bronze coins with Athena/owl, the owl is standing on a palm frond and its wings are spread.&nbsp; Maybe you&#039;ve seen different Mysia examples that look like yours?</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>My best guess for your coin is Attica (unless the size is way off):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/1730167.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=111296" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=111296" rel="nofollow">ATTICA, Athens. Circa 307-300 BC. Æ 16mm (3.11 g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing left within wreath. Kroll 50. VF, brown patina.</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/76000488.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=108163" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=108163" rel="nofollow">ATTICA, Athens. Circa 307-300 BC. Æ 15mm (3.77 g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing left, head facing, within olive wreath. Kroll 50; SNG Copenhagen 94. VF, dark green patina.</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s also a smaller version of this style of coin (AE12) on the Athens page of Wildwinds.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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