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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 8158646, member: 128351&quot;]When attributing classical Attic owls, it is always difficult to judge from the style. Flament insisted on the fact that in the end of the 5th c., Athens being involved in the Peloponnesian war, the owl production was enormous and Athenians had to hire many celators, thus it is always possible that some differences in the style may come from the personal style of some die-engraver. He even thought the Buttrey X owls, which look half-barbarous but which are made of laureotic silver, could well be regular Athenian coins! </p><p>Your question will be answered if another owl with a similar + mark left of the eye and VS mark on the neck, but from another die, is discovered or surfaces on the market. But as long as your coin will remain a <i>unicum </i>it is impossible to seriously draw any conclusions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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