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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3344879, member: 19463&quot;]Oh, great! Slow typing made my post after the AJ gold &#039;Superb&#039; owl.</p><p><br /></p><p>How many realize that the term in question with conventional spacing is a registered trademark which explains why all your grocery stores are having sales for the &#039;Big Game&#039;.&nbsp; They are not afraid of being sued by the lions and tigers.&nbsp; I was really glad to see so many owl of not-Athens here.&nbsp; I have both.&nbsp; All are very special to me (and perhaps no one else).</p><p><br /></p><p>A very rare Septimius Severus from &#039;Emesa&#039; or Cappadocia or wherever we are now attributing the COS II coins.&nbsp; The owl held by Minerva is small but it is an owl.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]885801[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>These AE18 of Pergamon are common and many have countermarks. What makes this one &#039;special&#039; is the alignment of the owl with the snake.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]885804[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>...and from Athens is my favorite AR obol from the early perios when the tail was shown as three separate feathers rather than a single prong. These are no common but this one is unusual for its oval flan.&nbsp; Certainly I would like one like this with better surfaces but mint state obols are scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]885811[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]885966[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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