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Message:: [QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3828372, member: 98035"]Thanks all! I did notice the dot on the owl's forehead, but I was not sure if that was a "make or break" feature for inclusion in the pre-mass series. I had never noticed an owl tet with a tilted head described as a "mass" type before, which is why I was asking. [USER=82549]@gsimonel[/USER], the "Mass" owls are the ones made on a mass scale (tens or hundreds of millions) while Athens was the pre-eminent superpower of the ancient Mediterranean, about 454-404 BC. Pre-Mass covers everything from the very rare archaic types to the iconic classic. After the start of the 4th century BC the Athens tets resumed, but with a more realistic eye facing forward rather than out toward the viewer. As mentioned, there are books on the subject, but from what I have seen, they are quite pricey, as one might expect for a specialist numismatic work.[/QUOTE]