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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2352572, member: 31620&quot;]I have an early transitional style, which is also quite a chunky coin but nowhere near as chunly as the OP coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Transitional style tetradrachms include all of the wide spectrum of variants with the eye in profile issued after the classic &quot;old style&quot; almond eye tetradrachms but before the broad thinner flan &quot;new style&quot; tetradrachms. Recent research has classified variations of the transitional style - Pi Type, Quadridigité Style, Heterogeneous Style and sub-groups of the styles, and proposed chronologies for the different styles and groups.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is the earliest transitional type, the first Pi style type, essentially identical to the &quot;old style&quot; with the exception of the eye in profile. The &quot;Pi&quot; designation is based on the P shape of the floral spiral and palmette ornamentation on the helmet bowl. The coin can be classified as Pi style, group 1. The floral ornament on examples this early do not yet resemble Pi.</p><p><br /></p><p>Minted in Athens c. B.C. 393 - 370.</p><p>Reference:– Flamen p. 126, 1 (Pi I); Svoronos Athens plate 19, 17; SNG Cop -</p><p><br /></p><p>16.699g, 24.31mm, 270o</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/Athens_1b_img~1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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