Adopted An OWL, Finally!

It is unfortunate that we have the term 'transitional' used for the period between Archaic and Classical and also between Classical and New by different systems. I'm wit TIF and use Intermediate for this last mid-period.

 

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I think he was referring to this book by Harlan J. Berk.

I really enjoyed the book and the rankings though just like with any list each of us would have come up with something completely different if we were tasked with ranking the greatest coins I think.

 

Nice ones Martin & Brian.

 

Welcome to the club @Mat !


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

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Not really a fan of Owls nor Athena for that matter...PSYCH! Awesome thread!!! I've been watching all of these beauties get posted (like @Curtisimo these are probably my favorite coins) just waiting for a chance to snap a pic and share mine.
I had to save up a long time for this scrappy, chunky Owlthena. Today she is playing at the base of her statue and with other lil friend (whom always reminds me of the owl from the 80s version of Clash of the Titans).

 

@Ryro I approve of that owl. So does Harry Hamlin.

 

I also enjoyed the book (so much I posted my own list of personal favorites). It is not a book for most of us to use as a collection guide since the selections range from expensive to ridiculously expensive with a very few exceptions. We might 'rank' our collection according to how many coins shown in Berk are approximated in our holdings. Ten would be a good showing IMHO.

 

Every ancient coin collector should buy that Harlan Berk book , beautifull pics, interesting facts, and inexpensive for sale on many sites.

managed to get 6 coins in the book:

 

Thank you twice! Great Clash reference btw

 

I like that.

 

I like those little guys too!

When I was in first grade, the family that cared for me after school until my mother was off work caught a GREAT-HORNED owl with a broken wing. They had it in a cage and we all nursed it back to health. Fun feeding raw meat to it (yeah, Brian WATCH your fingers! He can bite them off!). We also had beau-coup barn owls that lived in our chicken coup and barns.


Calabria Tarentum AR Drachm 18mm 3.1g 3rd C BCE Athena Corinthian Scylla OWL olive TAP ZOP HN Italy 975 Vlasto 1052

 

Thanks, Rob!

 

It's not Athenian, not even an owl (?), but it is affordable



http://www.silverartcollector.com/productdetail.php?id=2238
http://www.silverartcollector.com/productdetail.php?id=2643

 

The first ancient I bought when I resumed collecting was an Athenian owl tet. It was a coin I'd lusted after when I collected in a small way as a child. I've now got a few more owls, including this Qataban tet from South Arabia, c. 350-320 BC. Cruder than the Athenian model, but quite charming.