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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1167604, member: 19463&quot;]You&#039;l think I&#039;m being nasty in attitude with this answer but owls sell for $200 to 20,000 for the most part.&nbsp; Sometimes you see ones of common varieties that look like they were run over by a truck for less and perfect examples of some of the most high demand early ones can start bidding wars.&nbsp; There are at least twice as many non-collectors that would not mind having one as any other ancient and you pay a lot for little increases in style strike and centering even on the common ones which exist by the bagful.&nbsp; There are recent opinions classifying many owls as possibly ancient issues of mints other than Athens (Egypt in particular) and coins of style that is definitely pegged to Athens in the Golden Age has extra appeal to many people.&nbsp; Test cuts, a nose near the edge of the flan or missing the helmet crest all reduce demand and price.&nbsp; These days it seems a well engraved, uncut, perfectly centered, nicely surfaced, Athenian style, unworn but common coin is about $1000.&nbsp; Add &#039;exceptional&#039; to any of those characteristics and double the price.</p><p><br /></p><p>Who disagrees?</p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=similar%3A4573&amp;view_mode=1#0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=similar%3A4573&amp;view_mode=1#0" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=similar%3A4573&amp;view_mode=1#0</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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