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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4534461, member: 110226"]I agree - the later profile eye and rare heterogeneous styles are often overlooked by collectors in favor of the archaic styles. I think this is in part: 1) people associate the archaic style with Athens' golden age on the 5th century BC; and 2) the later owls are cruder and struck on usually thick "dumpy" flans, although, from time to time a really nicely struck and attractive coin does show up on the market. </p><p><br /></p><p>For those who "march to their own drummer", the owls of the 4th-3rd centuries offer better value and they have an appeal all their own.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4534461, member: 110226"]I agree - the later profile eye and rare heterogeneous styles are often overlooked by collectors in favor of the archaic styles. I think this is in part: 1) people associate the archaic style with Athens' golden age on the 5th century BC; and 2) the later owls are cruder and struck on usually thick "dumpy" flans, although, from time to time a really nicely struck and attractive coin does show up on the market. For those who "march to their own drummer", the owls of the 4th-3rd centuries offer better value and they have an appeal all their own.[/QUOTE]
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