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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 7491277, member: 56859"]Same here!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exactly <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wanted a well-centered coin and intact nose. Because of thick flans and large heads, the crest, nose, or both are incomplete on most coins. There are some with smaller heads of Athena and those are generally the ones where a full crest is possible. My coin has only a hint of crest because of the large rendering of Athena and the compact/thick flan. Even more important to me than the crest was the reverse. I wanted a well-centered and well-struck reverse which fully showed the square die.</p><p><br /></p><p>More details of why I picked this particular coin are here: </p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/whats-the-secret-handshake-another-new-owl-tet-club-member.339458/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/whats-the-secret-handshake-another-new-owl-tet-club-member.339458/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/whats-the-secret-handshake-another-new-owl-tet-club-member.339458/</a> It's far from a perfect coin but it satisfied all of my requirements and was attainable for a relatively good price ($834 all in).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/owltet-rt-jpg.939733/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ATTICA, Athens</b></p><p>c. 454-404 BCE</p><p>AR tetradrachm; 17.21 gm, ~25 mm</p><p>Obv: head of Athena right, with frontal eye</p><p>Rev: owl standing right, head facing, closed tail feathers; olive sprig and crescent to left; AΘE downward in right field; all within incuse square</p><p>Removed from an NGC slab; AU 5/5 strike, 3/5 surfaces, "Parliament Collection"</p><p>Ref: I really don't know. There are so many catalogs and types and I have no idea how nitpicky various catalogers are. Reid Goldsborough noted that David Sear said there were so many owl tets that in all his years he's never seen a die matched pair! Suffice it to say that this coin is authentic and it is from the "mass emission" period... a "classical owl tet".</p><p><br /></p><p>Hmm. I should reshoot this. The color is off and I think I can do better with lighting.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]sd1ZmELCN00[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 7491277, member: 56859"]Same here! Exactly :D. I wanted a well-centered coin and intact nose. Because of thick flans and large heads, the crest, nose, or both are incomplete on most coins. There are some with smaller heads of Athena and those are generally the ones where a full crest is possible. My coin has only a hint of crest because of the large rendering of Athena and the compact/thick flan. Even more important to me than the crest was the reverse. I wanted a well-centered and well-struck reverse which fully showed the square die. More details of why I picked this particular coin are here: [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/whats-the-secret-handshake-another-new-owl-tet-club-member.339458/[/URL] It's far from a perfect coin but it satisfied all of my requirements and was attainable for a relatively good price ($834 all in). [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/owltet-rt-jpg.939733/[/IMG] [B]ATTICA, Athens[/B] c. 454-404 BCE AR tetradrachm; 17.21 gm, ~25 mm Obv: head of Athena right, with frontal eye Rev: owl standing right, head facing, closed tail feathers; olive sprig and crescent to left; AΘE downward in right field; all within incuse square Removed from an NGC slab; AU 5/5 strike, 3/5 surfaces, "Parliament Collection" Ref: I really don't know. There are so many catalogs and types and I have no idea how nitpicky various catalogers are. Reid Goldsborough noted that David Sear said there were so many owl tets that in all his years he's never seen a die matched pair! Suffice it to say that this coin is authentic and it is from the "mass emission" period... a "classical owl tet". Hmm. I should reshoot this. The color is off and I think I can do better with lighting. [MEDIA=youtube]sd1ZmELCN00[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]
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