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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 21109258, member: 110226&quot;]Nice coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess cheap is a relative term.&nbsp; Owls are expensive, especially if they are slabbed generally speaking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roma Numismatics usually has a large number of owls in their e-sales.&nbsp; They run the range in condition and they are all raw.&nbsp; However, I noticed several in their upcoming March auction that are slabbed, with somewhat higher estimates.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s hard to snag anything in the slabbed owl market that is decent and &quot;reasonably&quot; priced.&nbsp; I generally avoid slabbed coins in general and focus on raw coins, be they ancient or world coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Getting back to Roma, here&#039;s an owl that arrived today that cost me</p><p>$470.40, including the currency conversion and buyer&#039;s commission of 22.5%.&nbsp; The bluish cast to the image doesn&#039;t really convey the coin&#039;s actual appearance, which is more of an even light grey.&nbsp; Whether it is from the monster hoard that came out of Turkey a few years ago is hard to say.&nbsp; The only information provided in the lot&#039;s description is that the coin came &quot;From the inventory of a UK dealer&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin, lot 140, E-Sale 106, is described as a good VF, grade-wise, which I think is reasonable.&nbsp; The centering is good and there are no problems to really speak of.&nbsp; The palmette is unusual, compared to most standardized classical owls, but I am sure it is Athenian in origin, perhaps an earlier mass issue coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The weight is 17.18 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think with research and patience, as well as discipline during the auction, it is possible to buy a nice owl for type that is fairly priced by today&#039;s standards.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh yes, this owl shows no crest on the obverse.&nbsp; Maybe that&#039;s why it did not attract a lot of bids, but for me crest is not an overriding factor, so I&#039;m happy adding this owl to my own Parliament.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.romanumismatics.com/catalogue_images/auction/xlarge/9118.5.149_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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