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- ID: 376
Submitter: Jean-Luc
Added: 1998-04-21
MACEDONIA. Orrescii.
AR-Octodrachm, before 480 B.C.
Av.: Naked man with two spears conducting two oxen to r.
Rv.: Incuse square quartered.
Normal weight. c. 30 mm.
Ref.: BM, Guide to the Principal Coins, pl. 3,15.
BoC: 20/2, 1995/6, p. 2.
FAKE – “The Galvano Boys”. A typical product of this “mint” with a velvety surface and slightly blurred contours. The letters are two thin, as is the tail of the first ox.