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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 4756745, member: 56859&quot;]This.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This too <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>While I wouldn&#039;t say no to a full crest example as long as it also had a very well-centered reverse, with the full square described, I don&#039;t feel inclined to pay the steep premium for a full crest... especially not one deemed so by a label within the plastic box <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; <font size="3">(because it will drive the price very high from the registry-minded crowd!)</font></p><p><br /></p><p>For years I refrained from getting an owl tet because the prices were so annoyingly high.&nbsp; It&#039;s such a common coin!&nbsp; Why the high price tag?!&nbsp; There&#039;s no denying its importance in history though and I finally caved last year.&nbsp; I still didn&#039;t want to spend a lot though so I picked my faults carefully.&nbsp; As pprp said, there were only a few designs/dies in which Athena&#039;s head was small enough to leave room for a full crest on these compact flans, so a full crest was out.&nbsp; Other than ensuring the obverse was centered well enough for her nose to be off flan or touching the edge, my primary goal was to have a reverse with a full square or nearly full square.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t feel compelled to buy a superduper high grade example and here&#039;s what I ended up buying:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/owltet-rt-jpg.939733/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ATTICA, Athens</b></p><p>c. 454-404 BCE</p><p>AR tetradrachm; 17.21 gm, ~25 mm</p><p>Obv: head of Athena right, with frontal eye</p><p>Rev: owl standing right, head facing, closed tail feathers; olive sprig and crescent to left; AΘE downward in right field; all within incuse square</p><p>Removed from an NGC slab; AU 5/5 strike, 3/5 surfaces, &quot;Parliament Collection&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>At some point I would like a couple of earlier examples-- and archaic and a transitional.&nbsp; Maybe some time in the much farther future I&#039;ll pick up a later example with profile eye and even an imitative.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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