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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 2659597, member: 83845&quot;]I love the Tetradrachms of ancient Athens. Truly an iconic coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>When considering which coin to purchase it might be good for you to consider a few things that can effect the price.</p><p><br /></p><p>1) some of the later classical issues 435-404 BC will tend to be more off center than the ones struck 454-436 BC. If Athena&#039;s nose is slightly off the flan that can warrant a discount of as much as 30%</p><p><br /></p><p>2) Chisel cuts made by ancient bankers are common on the owls that circulated outside of Greece and can warrant up to a 50% reduction on an otherwise uncut coin</p><p><br /></p><p>3) A lot of the Athenian tets have significant amounts of silver chloride deposits that can give off a greyish-purple hue and effect the porosity.&nbsp; Excpect around a 30% reduction for such an imperfection.</p><p><br /></p><p>4) Good style archaic and early classical 480-454 will probably be out of your range.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you don&#039;t mind some of the above imperfections you can save a good bit of money on a great example.&nbsp; Here&#039;s my caged Athena <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: oops! I didn&#039;t realize this was an old thread.&nbsp; My humble apologies on the far too late advice <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Sorry about the fake tet benveniste </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]589713[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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