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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4998582, member: 85693&quot;]Nice owls in this thread. </p><p><br /></p><p>This one&#039;s not so nice, but it is a <i>countermark</i> owl and at $2.50 it fit within my budget.&nbsp; In the two-birds-on-one coin department, there is an eagle on the reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200049[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Pergamum, Mysia&nbsp; Æ 20</b></p><p><b>(c. 200-133 B.C.)</b></p><p>Laureate head of Asklepios right / [Π - Ε[Ρ / Γ - Α / ΜΗΝΩΝ], Eagle standing l. on thunderbolt, head right, with wings spread.</p><p>SNG BN 1870-1.</p><p><b>Countermark: </b> Owl standing r., head facing, within 7 mm circle.</p><p>sim. SNG France 1815</p><p>(6.44 grams / 20 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution Note: </b></p><p>Owl countermark commonly on the reverse of Asklepios/serpent host coins from Pergamum (SNG France 1815 with countermark).&nbsp; I could not find this exact</p><p>host/countermark combination (Mar. 2020)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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