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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7677749, member: 19463"]Some owls are more equal than others. The most common of all are the tetradrachms. I'm not sure I believe the 1/8 obol exists from the official mint at Athens but, if it does, that coin leads my want list. I have seen listed and offered many coins claiming to be that hemitartemorion. I got this 0.22g silver sliver in 1987 but the extreme erosion means that the original weight was closer to an obol or hemiobol and the style could well be Eastern. Today I call it a 'hemiobol? I have no idea. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1318683[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I also would like to upgrade my 1/4 (tetartemorion) which I bought from Jonathan Kern. I believe he knew that I was one of few people on his customer list that would even consider buying this coin. Will I ever have one with the face on flan? Don't bet on it. </p><p>0.15g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1318692[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Hemiobols (1/2) are common. I imaging that there is one of them for every 10,000 tetradrachms. </p><p>0.35g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1318684[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Less common than hemiobols are the 3/4 obols. </p><p>0.5g </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1318696[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Most common of all (except, of course, for tetradrachms) are the whole obols. I show this less than perfect one (my favorite kind of coin) because of dents on both sides that I believe could be made by human teeth. The possibility of Greeks of this period keeping small coins in their mouth is suggested by lines in the Wasps and the Birds by Aristophanes. Nothing is proven but I enjoy this coin. That is the advantage of being a hobbyist rather than a scholar. The draft board did me a favor keeping me from a life of taking the Classics too seriously. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1318682[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Almost too large to be of great interest to me is this 1.98g triobol (3 obols) which is also a hemidrachm (1/2 drachm - six obols in a drachm - 6/3=2).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1318708[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The same day in 1987 that I got the first coin in my post, I also got my one and only drachm (4.1g) from Christian Blom. It also needs an upgrade. Many of you have tetradrachms. Who has a drachm? Who wants one (besides me)?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1318714[/ATTACH] </p><p>I would enjoy seeing any other denominations in the silver series. Who has a dekadrachm?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7677749, member: 19463"]Some owls are more equal than others. The most common of all are the tetradrachms. I'm not sure I believe the 1/8 obol exists from the official mint at Athens but, if it does, that coin leads my want list. I have seen listed and offered many coins claiming to be that hemitartemorion. I got this 0.22g silver sliver in 1987 but the extreme erosion means that the original weight was closer to an obol or hemiobol and the style could well be Eastern. Today I call it a 'hemiobol? I have no idea. [ATTACH=full]1318683[/ATTACH] I also would like to upgrade my 1/4 (tetartemorion) which I bought from Jonathan Kern. I believe he knew that I was one of few people on his customer list that would even consider buying this coin. Will I ever have one with the face on flan? Don't bet on it. 0.15g [ATTACH=full]1318692[/ATTACH] Hemiobols (1/2) are common. I imaging that there is one of them for every 10,000 tetradrachms. 0.35g [ATTACH=full]1318684[/ATTACH] Less common than hemiobols are the 3/4 obols. 0.5g [ATTACH=full]1318696[/ATTACH] Most common of all (except, of course, for tetradrachms) are the whole obols. I show this less than perfect one (my favorite kind of coin) because of dents on both sides that I believe could be made by human teeth. The possibility of Greeks of this period keeping small coins in their mouth is suggested by lines in the Wasps and the Birds by Aristophanes. Nothing is proven but I enjoy this coin. That is the advantage of being a hobbyist rather than a scholar. The draft board did me a favor keeping me from a life of taking the Classics too seriously. [ATTACH=full]1318682[/ATTACH] Almost too large to be of great interest to me is this 1.98g triobol (3 obols) which is also a hemidrachm (1/2 drachm - six obols in a drachm - 6/3=2). [ATTACH=full]1318708[/ATTACH] The same day in 1987 that I got the first coin in my post, I also got my one and only drachm (4.1g) from Christian Blom. It also needs an upgrade. Many of you have tetradrachms. Who has a drachm? Who wants one (besides me)? [ATTACH=full]1318714[/ATTACH] I would enjoy seeing any other denominations in the silver series. Who has a dekadrachm?[/QUOTE]
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