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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 1465030, member: 13650"]I'm not an expert but I have also read a little about Greek ancients. The prominence of it is that it was the currency of Athens Greece which was the power center of the ancient world at that time. Each major city had their own symbol on their coinage. For Athens, it was the owl. The AOE on the right is pronounced "Athe", which is a shortened version of Athens to fit it on the coin. This partial wording was common on ancients as an additional identifier. </p><p> </p><p> Their coinage would have been similar to the US dollar of it's time. Widely recognizable and accepted through out all cities. This coin is pictured quite often in advertisements today and is still widely known. The quality of the details and their placement on the planchet greatly affects the price on these. That is a really nice quality one and I could probable guess fairly close to it's value. (Not cheap!) </p><p><br /></p><p> It is theorized when they were being made (by hand with hammers) that some people took care in their work and made good quality ones, while others simply just "got the job done". Some let the design fall where it may on the planchet. Or, it may have been difficult to do well which resulted in many poor quality ones. So there are widely varying qualities of them out there. I would love to own one some day myself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 1465030, member: 13650"]I'm not an expert but I have also read a little about Greek ancients. The prominence of it is that it was the currency of Athens Greece which was the power center of the ancient world at that time. Each major city had their own symbol on their coinage. For Athens, it was the owl. The AOE on the right is pronounced "Athe", which is a shortened version of Athens to fit it on the coin. This partial wording was common on ancients as an additional identifier. Their coinage would have been similar to the US dollar of it's time. Widely recognizable and accepted through out all cities. This coin is pictured quite often in advertisements today and is still widely known. The quality of the details and their placement on the planchet greatly affects the price on these. That is a really nice quality one and I could probable guess fairly close to it's value. (Not cheap!) It is theorized when they were being made (by hand with hammers) that some people took care in their work and made good quality ones, while others simply just "got the job done". Some let the design fall where it may on the planchet. Or, it may have been difficult to do well which resulted in many poor quality ones. So there are widely varying qualities of them out there. I would love to own one some day myself.[/QUOTE]
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