SAVE A COPY in Adobe lllustrator

Does anyone have a way to save a COPY of current document
from Adobe Illustrator via applescript.
I cant seem to find it in the manuals or dictionaries.
Keep in mind that what is on the screen in the current document
is not necessarily a saved document.
I did not want to use 'apple system events' if I can help it.

Not sure I understood your requirement, but...
This will make a duplicate of the _last saved_ version of the current document. (The purpose being to produce a backup before you save over it.)
<pre style="
font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
font-size: 10px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
width: 720px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #FFDDFF;
overflow: auto;">
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
set currentFile to file path of current document
end tell
tell application "Finder"
duplicate currentFile
end tell </pre>

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