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<p>[QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 8090595, member: 128351"]This is one of the most fascinating coins I ever know... They have another specimen from the same dies in the Israel Museum at Jerusalem, but not so fresh! </p><p><br /></p><p>I also like these completely insane obols and hemiobols attributed to 4th c. BC Samaria. Imagine that : on a 6 mm flan, the reverse represents a pile of 5 Attic 'owls' ! Metacoins, coins representing other coins... In other terms, on a 2 mm flan, the celators engraved the iconic Attic owl in its incuse square.....</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1406050[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 8090595, member: 128351"]This is one of the most fascinating coins I ever know... They have another specimen from the same dies in the Israel Museum at Jerusalem, but not so fresh! I also like these completely insane obols and hemiobols attributed to 4th c. BC Samaria. Imagine that : on a 6 mm flan, the reverse represents a pile of 5 Attic 'owls' ! Metacoins, coins representing other coins... In other terms, on a 2 mm flan, the celators engraved the iconic Attic owl in its incuse square..... [ATTACH=full]1406050[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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