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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 4529051, member: 42034&quot;]This piece I bought out of Stack&#039;s NYICS Auction, Jan 5th, 2012, lot# 213.&nbsp; I recall they dated this coin back to 480BC but my belief is that it&#039;s a typical mass production owl of the period 454 - 440 BC.&nbsp; It&#039;s probably not as late as 413 as the style&#039;s still a little better.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://coinsandhistory.com/pix_shared/pix_cointalk/Athens_tet_Stacks_both.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>One reason I bought this one is that it featured a fuller crest [tho is still not a full crest].&nbsp; After buying it I noticed a lot of &quot;fuller crests&quot; come onto the market.&nbsp; I guess these were all of a similar period?</p><p><br /></p><p>Years after I bought this I submitted a whole bunch of coins to Ex-Numis.&nbsp; They normally don&#039;t find much but here they found this one pedigreed to The Numismatic Auction Ltd, Tradart, auction 2, Dec 12, 1983, NY (USA), lot# 109.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still I should have bought it in 2022 rather than 2012 and paid 3x too much.&nbsp; It&#039;s my only owl as I&#039;ve too many other holes in my collection to fill 1st!&nbsp; The way Ancients prices are exploding tho I think I may have to wait till 2032.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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