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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 26601138, member: 110226&quot;]Your owl has excellent centering.&nbsp; All too often some of the central detail falls off the flan, given the generally narrow ones that Athens used.&nbsp; I guess they were easier to produce, since broadness was not a prime consideration, with the millions that were minted over the course of a few decades in the later part of the 5th century BCE.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an owl that seems to have been something of an experiment using a small obverse die to capture the full design.&nbsp; The reverse die is normal is size.</p><p><br /></p><p>Athens, Attica, tetradrachm after 449 BCE</p><p>17.14 grams</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1695257[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the owl with one that is more typical, but I think it is somewhat earlier, given the higher relief.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1695260[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Which obverse is the most attractive?&nbsp; I like the top owl with the high relief, good centering and nice style.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never seen another owl with an undersized obverse die, so apparently this was a short lived variant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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