Help with Chronology and subdivisions of Athenian Owl Tetradrachms

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  1. AncientCoinnoisseur

    AncientCoinnoisseur New Member

    Hello everyone!

    First of all, I want to introduce myself: I like ancient coins and I like making infographics and studies about them.


    I am now trying to make an infographic to easily distinguish different types of Athenian Owl Tetradrachms and I was wondering if my chronology is roughly correct.

    Thank you in advance for any help. Here's the list:

    Before the owl:
    ..- Wappenmünzen
    .....- Incuse square divided diagonally
    .....- Panther’s head in a triangle of the incuse square
    .....- Panter’s head fills the whole square

    OWL:

    Archaic:
    ..- Seltman:
    .....- Group H (525/10-515/05)
    .....- Group L (515/05-500/490)
    .....- Group M (500/490-485/82)
    .....- Group Gii (500/490-485/82)
    .....- Group Gi (500/490-485/82)
    .....- Group C (482-480)
    .....- Group F (482-480)
    .....- Group E (480)

    Starr:
    ..- Starr I - 480-475 / 475-470
    ..- Starr II:
    .....- Starr II.A - 475-465
    .....- Starr II.B - 475-465 / 470-465
    .....- Starr II.C - 475-465 / 467-465
    ..- Starr III - 465-460
    ..- Starr IV - 475-465
    ..- Starr V:
    .....Starr V.A:
    .......- Starr V.A 1 - 460-454
    .......- Starr V.A 2 - 460-454
    .......- Starr V.A 3 - 460-454
    .....Starr V.B:
    .......- Starr V.B 1 - 460-454
    .......- Starr V.B 2 - 460-454
    .......- Starr V.B 3 - 460-454
    .......- Starr V.B 4 - 460-454
    .......- Starr V.B 5 - 460-454

    Pi Style:
    ..- Classical - 454-404
    .....- Flament Group I - 454-440
    .......- Early (454)
    .......- Late (450)
    .....- Flament Group II - 440-420
    .....- Flament Group III - 420-405
    ..- Early Transitional - 393-355
    ..- Pi-Style I - 353-352
    ..- Pi-Style II - 353-350
    ..- Pi-Style III - 353-340
    ..- Pi-Style IV - 353-340
    ..- Pi Style V - 350-297
    ..- Quadridigité - 286-262

    Mass Issue - 454-?
    New Style - 165-164 to 63/62


    I was thinking of including pictures and descriptions for each variety, with visual clues on how to identify the different styles and groups. If you have coins of a certain type feel free to post them to help me in my task :)

    I also just recently found out about Terence Cheesman passing, which is an incredible loss. His expertise on Starr groups and Flament groups would have been an invaluable help in compiling this list.

    Speaking of Christophe Flament analysis for the mass coinage, does anyone know where I can read it?

    I could also add the chronology of Margaret Thompson for the new style tet, but I suppose she just looks at the different shapes / countermarks to date them. I have no idea since I don't know where to read her work.

    Any additional subdivisions I should keep in mind?

    Also, I am not sure where I should put the mass issue coins and if they fall in the Pi-Style macro category.

    Thanks in advance, and if you have any clues on how to distinguish different categories, please feel free to help me in my task!
     
    Last edited: Mar 20, 2024
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