Just thought I'd share for interest. I have now accumulated three Tetradrachms, all from different centuries and from different areas. So I thought I'd line them all up and scan them in to show the contrasts between the three of them. The coins below are all Greek, are all within 0.55 grams of each other, are all the same denomination - yet they all have wildly different flan sizes. (The Thasos Tetradrachm in particular didn't scan well because it is slightly concave). From left to right: Athens, Attica (350-300 B.C.), silver Tetradrachm, (17.10g) Obv: head of Athena to right wearing ivy crested helmet, eye in profile, Rev: owl standing to right, head facing, in erect posture, olive twig and crescent behind Susa, Syria (295 to 291 B.C.), silver Tetradrachm (16.78) Obv: Head of Herakles, in lion skin headdress Rev: Zeus seated, with scepter and eagle. Thasos, Thrace (After 148 BC), silver Tetradrachm, (16.65g) Obv: Wreathed head of Dionysus Rev: Herakles, standing left, resting on club, lion skin draped over left arm
All nice coins, at least the Thassos gave us more viewing area for the 16.7gm of silver, although not as nice as the owl. But you have three fantastic coins.
Thanks Ancient Aussie Yea, I'm quite happy with these three. But... no time to enjoy them, must start looking for the next one!
Those are three great tets @AussieCollector . Congrats on the nice acquisitions. I really like tets from Thasos due to the large flan size, they are fun coins in hand.
Thanks @TheRed You're right, the Thasos Tetradrachm does feel nice in the hand. But then, they all do!
I think you got the wrong Aussie there, don't worry it's AussieCollector's fault for selecting an avatar name to much the same as the other famous Aussie
AussieCollector, for comparison here is another Thasos tetradrachm courtesy of the London based ArtAncient. Their example is obviously an early strike from the series with an unusually fine portrait of Dionysus, 168-148 BC, 17.10 gm, 33.95 mm.
