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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 7585079, member: 115909&quot;]So if as you say:</p><p><br /></p><p>“Mercenaries wanted to be paid in Owl Tetradrachms and so they were created beyond Athens to meet this need.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It sounds like you’re saying regardless of where the Owls were minted, they were all about the same purity &amp; weight right?</p><p><br /></p><p>The mercenaries didn’t care if they got paid in Eastern Issue owls or Athens minted owls am I correct?</p><p><br /></p><p>Your Egyptian owl weighs 17.157g whereas mine weighs 17.18g which is a difference of only 0.023g. My guess is due to more wear on yours and that it was originally closer to 17.2g when first minted. Assuming both are equally pure silver I imagine they would both be valued equally?</p><p><br /></p><p>Im just curious if there was a difference in terms of silver content among different issues or if they were all considered equal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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