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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Greece| > |Athens| > GS85441
Persian Empire, Mesopotamia(?), Imitative Pi-Style V Tetradrachm, c. 350 - 332 B.C.
|Athens|, |Persian| |Empire,| |Mesopotamia(?),| |Imitative| |Pi-Style| |V| |Tetradrachm,| |c.| |350| |-| |332| |B.C.|, Although the style is very good and similar coins are often identified as official, this coin was probably not struck in the ancient Athens mint. The ancient Athens mint had a secret mark for this Pi style type. The top side of the A would ALWAYS hit the side of the owl EXACTLY in the angle between the head and the body. The top side of the A on this coin hits the side of the owls head. It is too high. The mint that struck this coin is uncertain but most likely this coin is an imitative that was struck in Persian Empire.
GS85441. Silver tetradrachm, SNG Delepierre 1476 (high A, very similar); Svoronos Athens pl. 20, 16 (high A, clearly imitative); SNG Munchen 99 (high A, plated), Choice gVF, well centered and struck on a tight flan, bumps and marks, test cut reverse center, uncertain mint, weight 16.736g, maximum diameter 22.4mm, die axis 225o, c. 350 - 332 B.C.; obverse head of Athena right with eye seen in true profile, wearing crested helmet ornamented with three olive leaves and pi-style floral scroll, pellet above earring; reverse owl standing right, head facing, to right AΘE in large lettering, to left olive sprig and crescent, pellet above the owl's eyes, two rows of feathers (dots) to the right of the owl's beak; SOLD



  






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