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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4716662, member: 10461"]PS- I've been collecting for 44 years now (ancients for about 13), and have yet to own a single Athenian "owl" tetradrachm. So that's an impressive "first ancient" you have.</p><p><br /></p><p>I <i>do</i> own one ancient owl. Not from Athens, but it does feature an Athena/owl combo.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Greece (Spartans in Taras, Calabria, Italy): silver drachm; Athena and owl, ca. 302-281 BC</font></font></b></p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greece-spartan-colony-in-taras-calabria-italy-silver-drachm-ca-302-281-bc.316716/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greece-spartan-colony-in-taras-calabria-italy-silver-drachm-ca-302-281-bc.316716/"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/bFNGv2UUTRSsxbJHtFbz_Taras-gradient.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And I <i>used to</i> own another (for which I have considerable seller's remorse).</p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Greece (Pontos, Amisos): silver drachm or siglos featuring Hera and owl, ca. late 400s-300s BC</b></font></font></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/yoH38pnEToy93wZrSDHz_01-AncientGreece-Pontos-Amisos-ARdrachm-017341-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4716662, member: 10461"]PS- I've been collecting for 44 years now (ancients for about 13), and have yet to own a single Athenian "owl" tetradrachm. So that's an impressive "first ancient" you have. I [I]do[/I] own one ancient owl. Not from Athens, but it does feature an Athena/owl combo. [B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]Greece (Spartans in Taras, Calabria, Italy): silver drachm; Athena and owl, ca. 302-281 BC[/SIZE][/FONT] [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greece-spartan-colony-in-taras-calabria-italy-silver-drachm-ca-302-281-bc.316716/'][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/bFNGv2UUTRSsxbJHtFbz_Taras-gradient.png[/IMG][/URL][/B] And I [I]used to[/I] own another (for which I have considerable seller's remorse). [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B]Greece (Pontos, Amisos): silver drachm or siglos featuring Hera and owl, ca. late 400s-300s BC[/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/yoH38pnEToy93wZrSDHz_01-AncientGreece-Pontos-Amisos-ARdrachm-017341-coin.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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