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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1854192, member: 15445&quot;]I got confused about what Century to post.&nbsp; Apparently, we are in the 2nd Century B.C. and this tet could have been minted in 130 B.C.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]310377[/ATTACH] <b>[ATTACH=full]310378[/ATTACH] ATTICA, Athens</b></p><p><b>AR Tetradrachm</b></p><p><b>130 – 29 B.C.</b></p><p>16.77 gms, 31 mm</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Head of Athena facing right with double-crested Attic helmet adorned with Pegasos.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Owl standing right on fallen amphora with head facing, elephant symbol to right, all within olive wreath. The letter E on amphora, ME in exergue. Upper field around owl A-OE and ANT-OXOΣ. Left field continues with KAPA/IXOΣ/ΣKY/MNO/Σ [magistrates Antiochos, Karaichos and Skymnos].</p><p><b>Grade:</b> AU with good centering and strike confirmed by NGC opinion. Some porosity at obverse otherwise as struck with good tone &amp; luster.</p><p><b>Other:</b> “New Style” Athenian Tetradrachm w/ ref. to Syrian king Antiochus and the invasion of Mithradates. Purchased in an NGC slab from Pegasi Numismatics September 2013. Thompson 397h.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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