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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2283739, member: 56859"]In that price range you'll probably need to go with a "New Style" Athens tetradrachm, a test-cut and worn Classical, a later version, or an Arabian imitative.</p><p><br /></p><p>Examples of various types, all images from CNG's archives:</p><p><br /></p><p>Archaic, <i>very</i> expensive:</p><p><img src="http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/10001363.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Classical (there are many subdivisions of this category). Without test cuts and in good condition, they be will north of $1000, sometimes far north:</p><p><img src="http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3570088.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A later style, less artistic but less expensive:</p><p><img src="http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3630109.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arabian imitations, also less expensive:</p><p><img src="http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3580168.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>"New Style", which come in a wide array of conditions and prices and with a wide variety of reverse names and control marks:</p><p><img src="http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3510204.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Search.aspx?search=true&searchQuery=athens+tetradrachm&searchQueryExclude=&searchCategory=0&searchCategoryLevel=2&searchCategoryAncient=True&searchCategoryUs=True&searchCategoryWorld=True&searchCategoryMedieval=False&searchBetween=0&searchBetweenAnd=0&searchDate=&searchUseThesaurus=True&searchDisplayCurrency=&searchDisplayAsList=False&searchIdStore=0&searchQueryAnyWords=&searchExactPhrase=&searchTitleAndDescription=True&searchDateType=0&searchMaxRecords=100&SearchOnSale=False&Unassigned=False" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Search.aspx?search=true&searchQuery=athens+tetradrachm&searchQueryExclude=&searchCategory=0&searchCategoryLevel=2&searchCategoryAncient=True&searchCategoryUs=True&searchCategoryWorld=True&searchCategoryMedieval=False&searchBetween=0&searchBetweenAnd=0&searchDate=&searchUseThesaurus=True&searchDisplayCurrency=&searchDisplayAsList=False&searchIdStore=0&searchQueryAnyWords=&searchExactPhrase=&searchTitleAndDescription=True&searchDateType=0&searchMaxRecords=100&SearchOnSale=False&Unassigned=False" rel="nofollow">Athens tets currently for sale on Vcoins</a> (if you don't want to wait, although you should be able to pick one up for less at various auctions).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2283739, member: 56859"]In that price range you'll probably need to go with a "New Style" Athens tetradrachm, a test-cut and worn Classical, a later version, or an Arabian imitative. Examples of various types, all images from CNG's archives: Archaic, [I]very[/I] expensive: [IMG]http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/10001363.jpg[/IMG] Classical (there are many subdivisions of this category). Without test cuts and in good condition, they be will north of $1000, sometimes far north: [IMG]http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3570088.jpg[/IMG] A later style, less artistic but less expensive: [IMG]http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3630109.jpg[/IMG] Arabian imitations, also less expensive: [IMG]http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3580168.jpg[/IMG] "New Style", which come in a wide array of conditions and prices and with a wide variety of reverse names and control marks: [IMG]http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3510204.jpg[/IMG] [URL='https://www.vcoins.com/en/Search.aspx?search=true&searchQuery=athens+tetradrachm&searchQueryExclude=&searchCategory=0&searchCategoryLevel=2&searchCategoryAncient=True&searchCategoryUs=True&searchCategoryWorld=True&searchCategoryMedieval=False&searchBetween=0&searchBetweenAnd=0&searchDate=&searchUseThesaurus=True&searchDisplayCurrency=&searchDisplayAsList=False&searchIdStore=0&searchQueryAnyWords=&searchExactPhrase=&searchTitleAndDescription=True&searchDateType=0&searchMaxRecords=100&SearchOnSale=False&Unassigned=False']Athens tets currently for sale on Vcoins[/URL] (if you don't want to wait, although you should be able to pick one up for less at various auctions).[/QUOTE]
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