I have recently been very interested in Transitional style Athenian Owls. On this thread I will post all of my Tets as I get them. Today I received one in the mail. It is referenced in this article. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Pi-Style It's a beautiful Pi-II. It's got a counterstamp on Athena's cheek. It weighs 17.13 grams and is 20mm. I love it!
You ended-up pullin' the ol' trigger, eh? ... I'm glad that you're happy with your new cool purchase (I'm very glad that you didn't take me advice) => cheers, brother
Yup. I got one more on the way and a few that are on my mind(I do take my time to decide for sure though....)
Yeah its actually the exact coin they used in that article to represent the Pi-II. I cant believe I found it.
My Transitional example is also in the original article above. It is the one identified as "Early Transitional" Regards, Martin
I just recieved another one. It is a Transitional Quadrigité from 286-262 BC. It is 17.09 grams and 22mm. What an exciting past 2 days!!
Hahahaha no! Far from it. Recently Ive been selling off a lot of my American coins that I've collected throughout the years and taking that money to buy these babies! I figured they are better as an investment standpoint plus they are much more enjoyable for me personally than the modern stuff. Also Ive been basically on an ebay kick taking a ton of things around the house that I don't use and making money off them.
The Lottery question goes both ways. Perhaps some coins will pay off like a winning ticket but which ones??? I'm interested to see if the recent scholarship on owls will make a price difference for certain 4th century coins or if all will continue to be priced only according to condition. There is a steep difference between some of the 'better' 5th century types and standard Classicals and all 5th century coins outperform later types of equal condition. Having a coin used to illustrate the article can't hurt but a lot of the question of winning the lottery depends on how much you spend on tickets before the numbers hit. There are many owls on the market now at such high prices in relation to their quality that I doubt they will be winners in my lifetime. When today's teens are my age???? What do we now expect from a $200 owl? $500? $1000? What does a $1500 coin have to have to offset having a test cut? If we only knew the numbers that will pay, we could buy the right tickets.
I couldnt agree more. In a way its like gambling but even if the value goes down I still really enjoy the coins. Sure I wont be happy if I lose money but I wouldn't be left with nothing like I would be playing the slots.
Exciting day! Just recieved 2 more Owls!!!!! The first one here is a Pi-I. 17.21 grams and 21mm. It has some kind of counterstamp on Athena's cheek. The next one here I believe to be a Pi-IV. Pi-III, IV, and V get pretty tricky to tell apart but I believe I got this right. 17.27 grams and 21x23mm. The reverse is stunning! This next picture shows the middle tendril going all the way out to Athena's ear. This combined with the fact that the tendrils are far apart lead me to believe it is a Pi-IV.
I think I like the second one but the small photos make it really hard to tell. It might be time to buy one less coin and one more camera.
