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<p>[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 1850491, member: 15445"]We attended the Westchester NY coin show yesterday and came home with a half dozen new ancient coins ! Yep, six new ancient coins to post this week. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one is for my Athens owl collection. This owl collection is <b>slowly</b> growing. It now includes a new style tet, a classic tet, a drachm, an obol, and a tet loaded with test cuts & banker’s marks. I took these photos of the new drachm at the coin show. Better photos are promised once I get this coin under some better lighting. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>ATTICA, Athens</b></p><p><b>AR Drachm </b></p><p><b>449-413 B.C.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>4.18 grams, 16 mm.</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Helmeted Head of Athena facing right.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig to left and AΘE to right all within incuse square.</p><p><b>Grade:</b> aVF nicely centered coin w/ attractive horn silver surface color.</p><p><b>Other:</b> Sear 2527 from Pegasi January 2014. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]309056[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]309055[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]309057[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for letting me share & <u>please post em if you got em</u>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 1850491, member: 15445"]We attended the Westchester NY coin show yesterday and came home with a half dozen new ancient coins ! Yep, six new ancient coins to post this week. :) This one is for my Athens owl collection. This owl collection is [B]slowly[/B] growing. It now includes a new style tet, a classic tet, a drachm, an obol, and a tet loaded with test cuts & banker’s marks. I took these photos of the new drachm at the coin show. Better photos are promised once I get this coin under some better lighting. :) [B]ATTICA, Athens AR Drachm 449-413 B.C.[/B] 4.18 grams, 16 mm. [B]Obv:[/B] Helmeted Head of Athena facing right. [B]Rev:[/B] Owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig to left and AΘE to right all within incuse square. [B]Grade:[/B] aVF nicely centered coin w/ attractive horn silver surface color. [B]Other:[/B] Sear 2527 from Pegasi January 2014.[B] [/B] [ATTACH=full]309056[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]309055[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]309057[/ATTACH] Thanks for letting me share & [U]please post em if you got em[/U].[/QUOTE]
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