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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 8372059, member: 86498&quot;]One of the more egregious areas where sellers and auction houses mis identify coins has to be the &quot;Starr Group&quot; and Mass Coinage 454-404 BC series from the mint of Athens. I have been lucky enough not to have been victimized by this phenomenon however as late as yesterday evening I saw at least one Athenian owl masquerading as another. This guy is probably the closest I have come to being led astray&nbsp; . </p><p>Athens Tetradrachm Minted circa 450 BC Obv. Helmeted head of Athena right. Rv Owl walking right head facing. Flament Group I (Late) 17.22 grms 23 mm Photo by W Hansen</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1485654[/ATTACH]Some years ago I had purchased two coins from the Mass Coinage series. These I had identified as a Flament Group I and III respectively. I thought it would be a good idea to get a specimen from the Group II period. The Auction House in this case Roma did identify this coin as part of the Mass Coinage, it was me that thought it was a Group II. It isn&#039;t. It turned out to be a late Group I. Later I did get a Group II but not before purchasing yet another coin that wasn&#039;t[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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