Love those owls!

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by jwitten, Apr 25, 2016.

  1. jwitten

    jwitten Well-Known Member

    Not the best one out there.. but at a little over $300 I feel the price was right!
    jw1.jpg jw2.jpg jw4.jpg jw6.jpg
     
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  3. John Anthony

    John Anthony Ultracrepidarian

    Very nice indeed, especially for the price!
     
  4. Mikey Zee

    Mikey Zee Delenda Est Carthago

    Very Nice!!

    They are hard to resist!!! Congrats!!

    My version:
    attica obverse.jpg attica owl.jpg
     
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  5. jwitten

    jwitten Well-Known Member

    My only complaint is they did not use a prong holder... I want to see how fat this coin is! And no, I will not be busting it out to see :)
     
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  6. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Nice. Why does it say graffiti on the label?
     
  7. Hard to tell from the pictures, but maybe the scratch on the cheek/jaw that runs vertical?
    My favorite of the few in my collection:
    Athens Box Test.jpg

    @jwitten 's coin is an intermediate.
    @Mikey Zee 's is a new style,
    and my own is a classical.
    Anyone have an archaic and transitional type to add to the lineup?
     
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  8. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    Dang...another type I want
     
  9. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    There are scratches on both sides but the X in the reverse field could be intentional. An advantage of a slab is you can not see the coin all that well so you could miss these scratches. Certainly do not break it out. It would not sell well as a RAW.
     
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  10. jwitten

    jwitten Well-Known Member

    Yes, there is an X on the reverse. The lighting in that picture did not show it very well. It is pretty light.
     
  11. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    WOW! No Guts, No GLORY! :)
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    It was a brutal battle...but, then there was FREEDOM!!!
     
  12. jwitten

    jwitten Well-Known Member

    I have I think 3 owls right now, but my other 2 are the new style. I had a few olders but sold them already.
     
  13. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    Nice rescue effort, Alegandalf => sweet sledge and anvil (yup, that's quite the cool coin set-up you've got there!!)

    :rolleyes:
     
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  14. JBGood

    JBGood Collector of coinage Supporter

    Owls well that ends well!

    Athens, Attica  GC 18.jpg Attica, Athens new style owl w amphora tet.jpg Pontos, Amisos Tyche Owl.jpg
     
  15. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    Man, that's a hoot!!
     
  16. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    Yes but it shows very well in the other one in your eBay listing. It is amazing how small changes in the lighting can make a scratch look raised in one photo and recessed in the other. These coins are very good silver and scratch easily. I credit NCG mentioning it when they slabbed it.
     
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  17. Here are a couple of my owls:

    owl1.jpg

    thumb_AthensTetradrachmNewStyle.jpg
     
  18. jwitten

    jwitten Well-Known Member

    Just sold it (still in slab, to another ancient dealer) for a nice $200 profit. These owls have been easy sales!
     
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