Mother of all Ancient coins..

I have collected modern coins all of my life, when i saw this coin about ten years ago, i wanted one
wish i had bought then i would of got it for half the price..
Well last night at my club meeting, my Ancient coin guru, had this coin and made me a good deal.
It has size, weight and details..no chop marks...

Hope it real, so give me the Good, Bad and ugly...
Please post yours, i want to see them..:hail:

Athens...449 - 413..B.C..

AR Tetradrachm
Ob. head of Athena right..
wearing crested helmet..
Rev. Owl standing right.
Head facing in erect posture,
AOE to right, olive twig left..

24 x 25 mm x 17.21g..

 

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Very nice!! A coin that I think just about every ancient collector wants.

 

Indeed, coin looks OK to me and its one I want too. Same with the new style. Lucky & congrats.

 

This looks right to me. In fact, I think this coin "rocks" as Jerry might say. Great detail remaining. Congratulations John.

I've shown mine before, but will gladly show it again. It's from a slightly different era, 350-300 BC. The weight and size on mine is 16.9g, 22mm.

 

Great coin. I know more than likely, I won't ever own one. Too expensive.

Of course you could send the coin to David Sear and see what he says about it. For a coin like that, I definitely would.

 

Mother of all ancient coins is right, that one is awesome. Its also in much better condition than the one I have of the same era. Yours is fabulous, no counter marks or test cuts. A very nice state of preservation with full weight to boot. I don't have any ancient tetradrachms over the 17g mark. Now 17+ grams on a 24 mm flan, thats a wicked chunky fat boy. The coin is also great in every way. Well done, John, you never cease to amaze me. Kudos- I wish I had fruit for you.:thumb:


BTW - Dang this coin is Phat!

 

that's awesome ENG......fist pump!

 

Nice coin, I have no doubts that it is genuine.

 

Here's mine (Athenian democracy/confederation, classical period tetradrachm 449-413 BC). Actually I owned one many years ago & sold it. Then last year I purchased a new one in slightly better condition. The auction catalog listed it as earlier but I see nothing indicating it is other than the usual classical issue.


Actually what I can kick myself about is that 20 years ago, at a CNG auction [ca. 1991] I had the opportunity to buy an Athenian dekadrachm at a fairly reasonable price. Who know that some coins would turn so hot while others would not?

 

Thank you guys, you never know, hoping Martin, Batman or doug, chimes in...I've seen many of these but this one just jumped...owls claws are razer sharp...Gallienus what a awesome coin, after seeing yours makes me feel better about mine..yours is just off the chart,

 

wow fanatastic grades. you did good. great owl.

 

Nice owl. I had to look it over closely since they always make me nervous when its an O and not a theta, (look at Bing's coin, see the mark in the center of the "O"). A lot of counterfeits were made with an O instead of a theta, so I always look at that. However, I also believe yours is legit.

 

I don't know ancients from a rock, but that is a beautiful coin. It appears to excite other ancient collectors, so I assume it's a big deal. Congrats!

 

I have no doubts that it is genuine. It is fully Classical and, save a little disturbance around the eye, a very nice coin.

 

I think mine is authentic it's been checked by quite a few "experts" in the last 2353 years.

440-404 BC

 

No doubts here either, a classic among the classics... Great looking coin :thumb:

 

Me too - but great coin!

 

I have seen this particular coin with all the chops & I can tell you it looks FANTASTIC in hand. IMO it is one of those rare coins that is both attractive and dripping with history.

 

Eng's coin is wonderfully centered and high grade. :hail: I suspect that everyone at CT is envious of Eng.

Here is mine.

 

=> yup => welcome my friends => it's my infamous and good ol' imitative Attic Owl ...