Full portrait Athens Tetradrachm

Congratulations : A very great coin !!
and a nice photo.

 

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Thank you for showing your example, @savitale. It finally revealed to me what it is about my example that has left me a bit puzzled since I first got it earlier this year. I will discuss it when I show my piece, but your example makes it as plain as day.

 

I just checked the results for Nomos 19 - For such a nicely centered and FULL crest Athena/Owl ... you did very well. Congratulations on a great purchase - Holiday Greetings.

 

Very nice!

 

I recently heard that Teddy Roosevelt kept one of these in his pocket. It inspired him to push for new more artistic designs on our coinage.

 

Wow - now that's a nice coin! Congrats!

 

savitale, Your Athenian Owl is a jewel ! You paid dearly for the coin , but you now have a one in a million example .

 

Hard to know for sure without the measurements but I'm guessing a little of both. The reverse is complete as well suggesting a wide flan. From the number of flan cracks it looks like the coiner was really getting his aggression out that day so an unusually strong strike (or slightly hotter/weaker metal?) might have helped with that. It does look like the "compact portrait" type too.