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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 4499368, member: 86498"]I can understand NewStyleKing's as well as others, frustration with the series as it is an extremely complex coinage. Despite its importance the coinage has been only superficially studied. Complicating the problem is that about half the coins being offered in the trade that are listed as Starr groups coins are not. They are usually improperly listed examples of the Mass coinage series which is currently dated 454-404 B.C. Perhaps to start off I will submit a Starr Group IV Coin[ATTACH=full]1115818[/ATTACH]</p><p>The easiest feature to note when tying to distinguish the Starr Group IV coins from the later issues is the slight wave in the hair circled in red below.[ATTACH=full]1115819[/ATTACH]The reverse featured the splayed tail feathers on the owl Circled in red below[ATTACH=full]1115822[/ATTACH] Now we can try to look at the Starr group V coins. This group is divided into two groups A and B. Below is a Starr V A Coin[ATTACH=full]1115827[/ATTACH] Below is a Starr V B Coin[ATTACH=full]1115828[/ATTACH] Picture CNG 111 Lot 147 This is not my coin. The principal difference between the Starr Group IV coins and the Group V coins is the treatment of the hair over the forehead of Athena. The treatment of the hair has been simplified</p><p> [ATTACH=full]1115831[/ATTACH]</p><p>The current hoard seems to have had very few if any of the Starr Group V A coins. The main difference between the two groups is that the owl on the A issues seem to be smaller and less robust than the B issues. Now we get to the Mass coinage. Flament divides this coinage into three broad groups Group I Group II and Group III The early Flament Group I coins which some here have called "transitional" issues Share many features with the Starr Group V B issues except one Below Early Flament Group I coin[ATTACH=full]1115835[/ATTACH] The tail feathers on the owl are no longer splayed but are treated as a single prong. [ATTACH=full]1115838[/ATTACH] Conparison between the reverse of a Starr V B and a Flament Group I Early. In conclusion that this is an extremely simplified examination of this period of the coinage of Athens. All photos except for the ones from CNG are done by W Hansen[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 4499368, member: 86498"]I can understand NewStyleKing's as well as others, frustration with the series as it is an extremely complex coinage. Despite its importance the coinage has been only superficially studied. Complicating the problem is that about half the coins being offered in the trade that are listed as Starr groups coins are not. They are usually improperly listed examples of the Mass coinage series which is currently dated 454-404 B.C. Perhaps to start off I will submit a Starr Group IV Coin[ATTACH=full]1115818[/ATTACH] The easiest feature to note when tying to distinguish the Starr Group IV coins from the later issues is the slight wave in the hair circled in red below.[ATTACH=full]1115819[/ATTACH]The reverse featured the splayed tail feathers on the owl Circled in red below[ATTACH=full]1115822[/ATTACH] Now we can try to look at the Starr group V coins. This group is divided into two groups A and B. Below is a Starr V A Coin[ATTACH=full]1115827[/ATTACH] Below is a Starr V B Coin[ATTACH=full]1115828[/ATTACH] Picture CNG 111 Lot 147 This is not my coin. The principal difference between the Starr Group IV coins and the Group V coins is the treatment of the hair over the forehead of Athena. The treatment of the hair has been simplified [ATTACH=full]1115831[/ATTACH] The current hoard seems to have had very few if any of the Starr Group V A coins. The main difference between the two groups is that the owl on the A issues seem to be smaller and less robust than the B issues. Now we get to the Mass coinage. Flament divides this coinage into three broad groups Group I Group II and Group III The early Flament Group I coins which some here have called "transitional" issues Share many features with the Starr Group V B issues except one Below Early Flament Group I coin[ATTACH=full]1115835[/ATTACH] The tail feathers on the owl are no longer splayed but are treated as a single prong. [ATTACH=full]1115838[/ATTACH] Conparison between the reverse of a Starr V B and a Flament Group I Early. In conclusion that this is an extremely simplified examination of this period of the coinage of Athens. All photos except for the ones from CNG are done by W Hansen[/QUOTE]
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