For superb owl Sunday post your OWL coins! Mysia, Pergamon, 200-133 BC. Bronze Æ 15.7 mm, 3.55 g, 12 h. Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet ornamented with star. Rev: AΘΗ-ΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ, owl standing facing on palm, with wings spread,TK monogram left and ΠΛ right. Refs: SNG Copenhagen 388 (same); c.f. SNG von Aulock 1375-6, BMC 197-199, SNG France 1920-2, SNG BN 1913-6 (various monograms).
What a difference a space makes! A couple from Kamarina, from engravers who apparently never looked at real owls (what is that bump in their pelvic area?): SICILY, Kamarina. 420-405 BCE. AE tetras, 3.34 gm. Large head of Athena left, wearing crested helmet with wings. Owl standing left, with lizard in talon; KAMA (retrograde) upward in right field; three dots in exergue. Westermark / Jenkins 198 (see FIG. Pl. 35 / 198.24), SNG ANS 1230 Calciati III no. 28/4 (dotted-border type) SICILY, Kamarina. 420-405 BCE. AE tetras, 3.11 gm. Head of Athena right, wearing winged Phrygian helmet; dotted border. KAMA (legend from top to bottom), with owl standing left, lizard in talons; three dots in exergue. Westermark / Jenkins 202, SNG ANS -., Calciati III No. 39.
Another Kamarina... SICILY, Kamarina AE Tetras or Trionkion. 3.39g, 14.5mm. Circa 420-405 BC. Westermark & Jenkins Period 3, 204; CNS 40; HGC 2, 550. O: Helmeted head of Athena left; olive spray to left. R: [K-A-]MA, Owl standing facing, wings spread, grasping lizard; three pellets (mark of value) in exergue. Ex Camerata Romeu Collection Control mark showing an apparently extinct species of double-bodied owl... CORINTHIA, Corinth AR Stater. 8.42g, 23.3mm. CORINTH, Corinthia, circa 405-345 BC. Calciati 161. O: Pegasus flying right; qoppa below. R: Head of Athena right, wearing uncrested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head; EYΘ (retrograde) above, owl with two bodies and one head behind. Creepy faceless RR owl. I call him Rufus, obviously. ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius. 3.82g, 18.8mm. Rome mint, 46 BC, Mn. Cordius Rufus, moneyer. Crawford 463/2; Sydenham 978. O: Crested Corinthian helmet right, surmounted by owl, RVFVS to left. R: Aegis of Minerva decorated with facing head of Medusa in center, MN CORDIVS around. Obligatory Athens owl... ATTICA, Athens AR Tetradrachm. 17.16g, 25mm. ATTICA, Athens, circa 430s-420s BC. Kroll 8; SNG Cop 31; HGC 4, 1597. O: Head of Athena right, with frontal eye, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl. R: Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square.
Calabria Tarentum AR Drachm Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet adorned with Skylla preparing to hurl a stone Owl standing to right on olive branch, head facing; ZOR (magistrate) to right, TAP to left. 3.07g Circa 281-276 BC. Vlasto 1048. McGill 135, Cote 348, Sear 367v.
I can contribute this teeny tiny owl on a Domitan denarius, perched upon a rostral column with Minerva. Domitian AR Denarius, 3.44g Rome mint, 88 AD RIC 576 (C2). BMC 117. RSC 236. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG•GERM P M TR P VII; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r. Rev: IMP XIIII COS XIIII CENS P P P; Minerva stg. r. on capital of rostral column, with spear amd shield; to r., owl (M2) Acquired from Pars Coins, August 2014. Normally the owls on this type are rather poorly rendered, almost as an afterthought, this one is fairly decent.
This coin isn't in my collection but I felt compelled to post it . It's an Athens AR Dekadrachm, circa 467-465 BC, 43,43 gm, 3h, that sold at CNG Triton X auction for $575,000.00 .
Attica, Athens (353 - 294 B.C) AR Tetradrachm O: Helmeted head of Athena right R: AΘE Owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square. 16.59g 21 mm Kroll -; HGC 4, 1599 Ex. Numismatik-Naumann, Auction 52, Lot 126
Love the coin! Love the pun!! Great thread idea RCOwls and ancients go together like beer n pretzels! Here are some of my favorite superb owls MYSIA,Pergamon ATTICA,Athens. After 393 bce Mysia (van Alfen type 2) Kingdom of Pergamon Philetairus, 282-263 BC Bronze, with countermark: owl. Head of Athena with Attic Helmet / Serpent of Asclepius. SNG BN 1650 ff. 2.99 g .; (Secret Saturnalia gift) Here's a fun before and after of a badly bronze diseased Sicilian Gorg-owl (she's been stable for around 9 months): SICILYKAMARINA ONKIA GORGONEION OWL LIZARD EULE LIZARD BRONZE AE°SXD1990 From: LANZ
Sorry to interrupt but I don’t have any owl coin. But since we are talking about sunday’s game, I got this one, and guess who’s my favorite team...... Ram standind right....
Funny title for a thread, well done @Roman Collector ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye Owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, all within incuse square. ΑΘΕ in the right field 24mm, 17.08 g, 8h Ref : Kroll # 8; HGC # 4,1597 Q
Amazing thread title! Here is my one and only owl. Description Attica. Athens 454-404 BC. Tetradrachm AR 23mm., 17,26g. Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square.
Oh, great! Slow typing made my post after the AJ gold 'Superb' owl. How many realize that the term in question with conventional spacing is a registered trademark which explains why all your grocery stores are having sales for the 'Big Game'. They are not afraid of being sued by the lions and tigers. I was really glad to see so many owl of not-Athens here. I have both. All are very special to me (and perhaps no one else). A very rare Septimius Severus from 'Emesa' or Cappadocia or wherever we are now attributing the COS II coins. The owl held by Minerva is small but it is an owl. These AE18 of Pergamon are common and many have countermarks. What makes this one 'special' is the alignment of the owl with the snake. ...and from Athens is my favorite AR obol from the early perios when the tail was shown as three separate feathers rather than a single prong. These are no common but this one is unusual for its oval flan. Certainly I would like one like this with better surfaces but mint state obols are scarce.
OWLS Athens Owl TET 16.8g 22x6-5mm Late Classical 393-300 BC, Sear 2537, SNG Cop. 63 Athens Attica 454-404 BCE AR hemidrachm 16mm 2.08g Athena frontal eye - facing Owl wings closed olive branches COP 70 SG 2528 Athens 340-317 BCE BC AE 12 Athena attic helmet R- Double bodied Owl with head facing E olive sprigs kalathos RARE BMC 224 Sicily Kalakte AE unit 2nd C BCE Head Athena in Helmet - Owl rev RARE RAMS RR L Rustius 76 BCE AR Den 19mm 3.6g Mars SC Rome - Ram L RVSTI Cr 389-1 Sear 320 Kebren AR Obol Archaic hd Apollo L - Hd Ram in Incuse sq 5th C BCE 7.65mm 0.64g SNG Ash 1086 TROAS Neandria AR Obol 4thC BCE 0.56g 8mm Laur hd Apollo r - NEA N Ram stdng right within incuse sq SNG Cop 446 Egypt Pharaoh Nektanebo II 361-343 BCE Ram Scales Weiser 1 - Butcher 11 uncertain no Syria
No owls to post, but I sure enjoyed looking at all of you guys’ owls! @happy_collector is that your archaic owl?
Here’s an owl from my collection. While not superb, I grade the coin “Very Enjoyable”. Pontos, Amisos, 435-370bc, siglos, 5.58g. Persic standard. Picture courtesy of CNG.
@TypeCoin971793. Yes, I do own the archaic owl. Coin is complete. Just a huge cut... a tradeoff for a better price. Anyway, Athena's facial features are here, and coin is really thick (I like that). Picture cropped originally for my iphone viewing enjoyment.
