Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clinker, post: 1143103, member: 6229&quot;]<b><font size="4"><span style="color: red">Maybe the oldest error coin you never knew existed - Episode 13</span></font></b></p><p><br /></p><p>As you probably know, especially if you collect ancient coins, the owl is the first animal placed on a coin and this silver tetradrachm was struck somewhere between 118 and 117 B.C.&nbsp; This coin had high relief and&nbsp; is free of errors.&nbsp; Take a look courtesy of Coin Archives:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=398622&amp;AucID=721&amp;Lot=109&amp;Val=c2c69aee2d08e9cb7924cb1b06aecdf7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=398622&amp;AucID=721&amp;Lot=109&amp;Val=c2c69aee2d08e9cb7924cb1b06aecdf7" rel="nofollow"><b>ATTICA, ATHENS, GREEK CITY STATE SILVER TETRADRACHM - CIRCA 118/7 NON ERROR</b></a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the same coin, but was issued with an error on its reverse (owl side). The text gives us the names of three magistrates. The error occurs within the name of the middle magistrate being that the terminal <b><i>phi</i></b> resembles an <b><i>iota</i></b> (Coin Archives photo):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=387444&amp;AucID=700&amp;Lot=165&amp;Val=2f0b98d1ebd4dc917b3bca5d46fe019d" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=387444&amp;AucID=700&amp;Lot=165&amp;Val=2f0b98d1ebd4dc917b3bca5d46fe019d" rel="nofollow"><b>ATTICA, ATHENS, GREEK CITY STATE SILVER TETRADRACHM - CIRCA 118/7 ERROR</b></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Pretty old error, right?</p><p><br /></p><p>To be Continued</p><p><br /></p><p>Clinker[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in