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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4532876, member: 110226"]After receiving Chester Starr's book on Athenian coinage, I started going through the owls, and came across another coin that I think falls into a Starr group, but I am having difficulty matching it with the photos. Perhaps I am now legally blind, but I have a lot of difficulty distinguishing the features that differentiate one coin within a group, or even across one group, say from III to IV. The differences in many cases seem very nuanced.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks</p><p><br /></p><p>So, here is the Starr Group IV owl that I posted a few days, and with the kind help of CT members, assigned it to this group. I believe, in the Starr scheme of things, is closest to # 136, Group IV:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1122630[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1122631[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the other owl, also slabbed and purchased from the same seller who sold the above owl. Would this example be classified as being in Group III, # 97?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1122632[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1122633[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4532876, member: 110226"]After receiving Chester Starr's book on Athenian coinage, I started going through the owls, and came across another coin that I think falls into a Starr group, but I am having difficulty matching it with the photos. Perhaps I am now legally blind, but I have a lot of difficulty distinguishing the features that differentiate one coin within a group, or even across one group, say from III to IV. The differences in many cases seem very nuanced. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks So, here is the Starr Group IV owl that I posted a few days, and with the kind help of CT members, assigned it to this group. I believe, in the Starr scheme of things, is closest to # 136, Group IV: [ATTACH=full]1122630[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1122631[/ATTACH] Here is the other owl, also slabbed and purchased from the same seller who sold the above owl. Would this example be classified as being in Group III, # 97? [ATTACH=full]1122632[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1122633[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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