That's a beautiful drachm, Al. You're right about the OP coin. I've been buying coins from Sal, my local coin seller, since around 1980, so I'll...
You're right about auction house identification when it comes to Starr groups. Here's an owl currently listed in the Harlan Berk auction/sale...
Sure, please post your owl when you're able to. There are many CT collectors who can help with classifying your owl.
Persia, AR siglos, Darius I to Xerxes I, 485-420 BC. Carradice Type IIIb 5.49 grams [ATTACH]
I've purchased some very nice coins from that firm. They have a longstanding, solid reputation.
That's a bonafide Group II owl, very rare. The very few that I have seen for sale are beyond what I can afford. That was indeed a fortunate...
This eastern imitation owl actually came in April 1st, no fooling! Paleo Hebrew M countermark on reverse? 17.03 grams [ATTACH] What an...
I always buy coins based on their merits, regardless of being slabbed or not. I will not buy a coin, however desirable in my view, that is...
Poor Cleo! A combination of wear, poor strike and BD make this coin probably the maximum level of wear. It is still recognizable as her coin, and...
Septimius Severus, tetradrachm, Loadicea ad Mare, 209-211 AD [ATTACH] Next: T
Thank you all for your feedback. I need to get back to the dealer to see what price can be reached. I really do not collect these drachms in any...
Yes, I've had the unfortunate experience of having mail dumped on the driveway, under the mail slot, even for pieces that could easily fit the...
Thank you. Allowing for the crude obverse on the OP coin, that is a match, I think.
I came across this really high grade drachm today at Sal's shop. It weighs 4.29 grams. I am considering purchasing it. Sal graciously let me...
Thank you for your concern and thoughtful comment. Tis a strange world we live in these days, with so much information at our finger tips and...
That is truly exceptional centering and strike (wonderful crest) on a basically oval flan. A lovely coin!
Actually, since the start of the pandemic I have not signed for any shipments, be they from the Postal Service, FedEx or DHL. FedEx does ring the...
Nice owl! The transitional classical types have some of the most appealing reverses. The owl on the reverse of your coin has a lot of...
There are a lot of grey areas when trying to classify these coins by Starr group. I agree that stylistically the obverses and reverses often...
This is my only coin depicting a sakkos, from Syracuse, Second Democracy, 465-405 BC: [ATTACH]
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