First owl tet

I'm afraid I don't have one of the good ones with the bug eyes. Mine is an early 4th Century BCE style.

 

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My only one, I have no intentions of upgrading it, I am very happy with it.

 

Nice Tet @jb_depew ! And everyone else' post pics are great!

I made my first Ancients purchase with these, and I refuse to upgrade them. I REALLY like the bankers' marks, as well as the ones on Athena's face, which is supposed to be a big no-no in the Greek World.

Kinda fun that these are THICKER than the flan-width of many coins that I have.


Athens Owl 16.8g 22mm x 6.5mm thick


Athens Owl 17.4g 20mm x 7.5mm thick edge-crud


Athens Owl AR Tet 17.3g 22.9mm x 6.8mm thick crud


Athens Owl AR Tet 17.2g 22mm x 6.7mm thick

 

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My one and only so far:


And one new style:

 

jb_depew, Awesome new coin, congrats.

~Doug

 

I agree with others who say not to try to clean it. It is fine the way it is. Any surface adhesions just make it look old--which it is.

 

JP-Depew,

That is a very nice example of this type. You picked well! I agree that you do not need to clean it. It looks great as it is.

I have a quite a number of these (25 in total), but many with test cuts. I bought the majority of them back at a time when there seemed to be lots on the market and affordable / available in bulk. Today, I get consistently outbid on each one at auction. I have bid many times and I have not won a single one this year.

Like Doug, I would one day like an early owl, but they are slightly above my budget range for a single coin. I also would like to own one that is in a much higher grade (ideally "as struck"), but again budgetary considerations currently steer me away from spending so much on a single coin.

Here is the best one from my collection. I like that it has a full incuse square. The photo does not do it justice. It was taken on a 12 year old digital compact camera. I am retaking all photos of my owls.

Peter

 

I also have an Athens Owl HEMIDrachm... scarcer denomination than the Tets... 1/8th of a Tet


Athens Attica 454-404 BCE ARr hemidrachm 16mm 2.08g Athena frontal eye - facing Owl wings closed olive branches COP 70 SG 2528