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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 6642054, member: 86498"]With respect to Harlan J Berk and Peter Van Alfen who also mentioned the 100 K number mentioned above by Al Kowsky the number of owls is probably much greater than the number cited above. If the current hoard is anywhere near the numbers usually cited I would suggest that the "mass coinage" of 454-404 BC alone survive in larger numbers than 100K. When one talks about the price of these particular coins one should note that the very common mass coinage owls were minted at a very important time in the history of Athens and it is a rather nice thought that a coin that you are holding might have been owned by Pericles, helped build the Parthenon or was in somebodies purse when Alcibiades talked everyone into attacking Syracuse. Furthermore if you collect the coins of ancient Greece, how could you not want a coin from Athens? It is a bit like the elephant in the room.</p><p> Okay so much for that. Here is the coin that launched my current interest in Athenian coins. Before buying this coin I was perfectly happy owning just 2 wanting no more. Now I have 14 including 7 of the mass coinage and would like more. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Only one might have been in the current hoard. Athens Ar Tetradrachm 415-410 BC Flament group III Obv. Head of Athena right in Attic style helmet. Rv Owl standing right head facing. 17.20 grms 22 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1268055[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 6642054, member: 86498"]With respect to Harlan J Berk and Peter Van Alfen who also mentioned the 100 K number mentioned above by Al Kowsky the number of owls is probably much greater than the number cited above. If the current hoard is anywhere near the numbers usually cited I would suggest that the "mass coinage" of 454-404 BC alone survive in larger numbers than 100K. When one talks about the price of these particular coins one should note that the very common mass coinage owls were minted at a very important time in the history of Athens and it is a rather nice thought that a coin that you are holding might have been owned by Pericles, helped build the Parthenon or was in somebodies purse when Alcibiades talked everyone into attacking Syracuse. Furthermore if you collect the coins of ancient Greece, how could you not want a coin from Athens? It is a bit like the elephant in the room. Okay so much for that. Here is the coin that launched my current interest in Athenian coins. Before buying this coin I was perfectly happy owning just 2 wanting no more. Now I have 14 including 7 of the mass coinage and would like more. :banghead: Only one might have been in the current hoard. Athens Ar Tetradrachm 415-410 BC Flament group III Obv. Head of Athena right in Attic style helmet. Rv Owl standing right head facing. 17.20 grms 22 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1268055[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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