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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 7680366, member: 91461&quot;]Of all days for this to arrive (I did win it 3 weeks ago) it landed right on my porch this morning, the morning of my 40th Birthday!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1319190[/ATTACH] </p><p>Attica - Athens - Owl Tetradrachm</p><p>450-405 BCE</p><p>Obv: helmeted head of Athena right. Rev: owl standing right; olive branch and crescent behind, AΘE before, within incuse square. 17.11 grams. Good very fine.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Literature</b></p><p><i>Sear 2526.</i></p><p><i>Purchased from Timeline auctions May 2021</i></p><p><br /></p><p>A coin clearly used by Alcibiades when he absconded from Athens to Sparta during the Peloponnesian war! Pretty sure I can even see his pretty boy thumb print <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.factinate.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Alcibiades-Internal.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wishful thinking/dreaming aside, boyO does this coin bring favorite tales of that war rushing to my head like 5 shots of Absinthe taken in quick succession.</p><p>Guys whose names will remain legendary as long as the sun shines like Pericles:</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Perikles_bust.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(Pericles was said to have worn his helmet all the time due to his having an oddly long shaped head. No joke.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Thucydides: </p><p><img src="https://i1.wp.com/thehistorianshut.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/thucydides-on-ones-sense-of-honour-quotepic.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(at least Thucydides had the good sense to die right before the war ended)</p><p><br /></p><p>Nicias:</p><p><img src="https://i.prcdn.co/img?regionKey=9HnZ3a3jQcbaipocf%2Beg6A%3D%3D" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(poor bastard got played twice and and gets to take all the blame) </p><p><br /></p><p>Socrates:</p><p><img src="http://images7.memedroid.com/images/UPLOADED999/5c69f7ecbc0f7.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>and of course Alcibiades!</p><p><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTZeNk1Rf6hwFCJES2czi79YtsbgxVlEUPdztHtw_uo__tr7Ugym04g8i4JmRrKzXId5fPTyTzVGcxToQfs:https://i.pinimg.com/originals/50/26/a1/5026a1f95343fea6b2bfcd2c228c3842.jpg&amp;usqp=CAU" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Betrayals, unforeseeable changes of fortune, fighting on land see and everywhere in between. Heck, Alcibiades even slept with a Spartan queen during it all and was such a big deal that even she bragged about it<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie60" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>And NOBODY would have guessed that this brutal, long and drawn out war would have ended with Athens (kings of the sea) losing a naval battle to SPARTA at Aegospotami!?!?!</p><p><img src="https://cdn.britannica.com/89/197789-050-9D029879/forces-Athenian-harbour-Syracuse-Sicily-Peloponnesian-War.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>I read through a bunch of old threads, tried searching for a site that lists how you can identify a coins Starr group and even searched ACsearch for coins under Sear 2526 hoping one might say. No luck. Anyone want to tell me or at least point me in the right direction of my new BFFs Starr group?</p><p>Any help is appreciated. And please post those coins from the time period of the Peloponnesian war, great/favorite stories from the war or anything that sinks your navy![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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