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The Origin of Certain Copies of Athenian Tetradrachms
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
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In the volume of the British Museum Catalogue of Greek Coins which deals with Arabia Sir George Hill published three copies of Athenian tetradrachms, two in base silver and one in bronze: in the Introduction he stated that these were ‘tentatively included as early examples of the Arabian imitations circulating in the northern part of the peninsula’. He did not, however, appear to regard the evidence in favour of their Arabian origin as strong, and the history of some similar copies which have been brought to notice since he wrote may justify a reconsideration of the question.
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