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Posted 03/12/2007 10:21 am
It seems to be similar to the "late period" drachms and tetradrachms - except, of course, those are made of silver. I suspect it's a "jewellery copy", but I can't be sure without more detailed pics, particularly of the writing on the owl side.
Here's the type of coin I think it's supposed to look like (this picture taken from the Wildwinds list of Athenian coins):
Here's the type of coin I think it's supposed to look like (this picture taken from the Wildwinds list of Athenian coins):
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
