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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3245907, member: 19463&quot;]There is nothing wrong with the style of this coin.&nbsp; I see many good points in the coin as a representative of what it is.&nbsp; As listed, it is from a century well after the peak of Athenian power.&nbsp; The fine style owls that everyone wants had all been sealed away in huge pots waiting for them to be discovered and slabbed by modern collectors.&nbsp; The monetary needs of the day were met by coins of what we might call lesser quality.&nbsp; Some were made by hammering other coins flat and folding them over a couple times to make a new lump on which the then current coins could be made.&nbsp; The days of going to the rich silver mines had passed.&nbsp; They did with what they had.&nbsp; That is also what some of us have to do when we collect.&nbsp; Currently there are a huge number of EF owls of fine style from a recent hoard on the market in the $1000 to $2000 range.&nbsp; If you have to have one of those, don&#039;t expect someone to give it to you for $400. I have earlier, Classical owls with &#039;problems&#039;, later 4th century owls with problems, smaller denominations in several sizes and the bunch adds up to less than one perfect tetradrachm.&nbsp; You pay your money and make your choices.</p><p>test cut Classical</p><p>[ATTACH=full]850761[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>flat struck Classical</p><p>[ATTACH=full]850762[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>4th century</p><p>[ATTACH=full]850764[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>obol (1/24th tetradrachm)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]850760[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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