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Old Greek Coin?

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 Posted 03/12/2007  09:32 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Hookey to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I got this on a antique's fair, does ANYONE knows what it is?

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 Posted 03/12/2007  10:16 am  Show Profile   Check Victor's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Victor to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That is not an ancient Greek coin. I would guess it is of fairly modern origins, and probably made for jewelry or some sort of ornamentation.
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 Posted 03/12/2007  10:21 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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):
Old-Greek-Coin?
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