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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tartanhill, post: 5006186, member: 93472&quot;]This is the coin I bid on.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://media.biddr.com/media/img/auction_lots/1416/1517920_1604908085.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>Description</b></font></p><p>ATTICA. Athens. Tetradrachm (Circa 470-465 BC). Transitional issue.</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye.</p><p>Rev: AΘE.</p><p>Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square.</p><p>Starr Group IV; HGC 4, 1595.</p><p>Condition: Near extremely fine.</p><p>Weight: 17.12 g.</p><p>Diameter: 23 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was originally not listed as a transitional issue and dated to Circa 454-404 BC.&nbsp; Because of the three separate tail feathers, I thought it was a Starr Group V.A and bid on it.&nbsp; The next day the description was changed to Starr Group V.&nbsp; Then they changed it to a Starr Group IV which I don&#039;t believe it is because there is no definite upward curve in the hairline on Athena&#039;s forehead.&nbsp; I am trying to collect an example of all of the Starr Group owls and don&#039;t have a V.A, so this really caught my attention.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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