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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 8085021, member: 84744&quot;]I went for the group C, the group H, and the Gallienus tet (great style and silver on that last one).&nbsp; I could easily have gone for all three archaic owls but felt I should mix it up a bit. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; All of your top 10 are super, as are the runners up!&nbsp; (Of the latter I like the Nero and the Vādfradād the best.)</p><p><br /></p><p>For you I will compile my Athens set so far.&nbsp; I&#039;d love to add a Wappenmünzen (do you have one? would love to see it if so!) and an archaic owl, but otherwise I&#039;m OK with it as is, though I suppose I should add a couple from the 3rd and 2nd c. BCE.&nbsp; (One bronze at least.&nbsp; Other suggestions?)</p><p><br /></p><p>My oldest one is this Class II owl, c. 470 BCE, which you helped me ID (thank you again!)&nbsp; The seller had just labeled it as a classical &quot;Walmart&quot; owl (thanks for that term, [USER=118780]@kirispupis[/USER]!) so I got it for a steal.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404585[/ATTACH]</p><p>The countermark and chisel mark suggest it circulated in the east.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next my classical owl, Flament group 2:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404593[/ATTACH]</p><p>Terence Cheesman estimated it was issued c. 440-430 BCE.&nbsp; I second your recommendation to pick one of these up from Roma before they&#039;re gone - that&#039;s who I got this one from.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the 4th c. BCE I have this tiny tetartemorion:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404597[/ATTACH]</p><p>I find it interesting that the Athenians were among the last to succumb to the temptation to issue token bronze coinage, producing these tiny silver issues much later than virtually all other polities.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I said, I don&#039;t have anything from the 3rd or 2nd c. BCE, but I recently snagged a New Style tet issued by Aristion, the tyrant who cooperated with Mithradates VI only to be squashed by Sulla.&nbsp; This coin is c. 90 BCE, before Sulla&#039;s sack:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404599[/ATTACH]</p><p>(The pegasus is a Mithradatid symbol.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Then to represent the Roman Imperal period, I have one of the last athena/owls ever issued, from the time of Hadrian.&nbsp; It makes a rather pathetic ending (13mm, 2.49g) for a once magnificent and storied type!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404600[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So there you have it, my whole set together for the first time, in honour of your fabulous top 10!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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