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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 4583195, member: 110226&quot;]John H. Kroll, in his paper on <i>THE CHRONOLOGY OF THIRD-CENTURY BC ATHENIAN SILVER COINAGE</i>, mentions tetradrachms and drachms of this period that include symbols.&nbsp; I believe the two coins posted here are of this type.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first coin is a typical tetradrachm of this period. The flan is oblog, the edges folded and the crude portrait style of Athena and the owl on the reverse are in keeping with other examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>What is unusual are the additional elements added to the reverse, in this case long branches or vines, starting at the base of the E, and moving up to the left and behind the owl, terminating with a leaf just above the left edge of the owl&#039;s head and to the front of the upper olive leaf.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kroll dates these coins to the last quarter of the third century BC.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin weighs 17.20 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1135037[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The second coin is even cruder and somewhat corroded on the obverse. Additionally it is in an older NGC holder which is quite scratched up, so I apologize for the dark photos.&nbsp; I just might break this slab.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is similar in style to the first one in many respects: oblong flan, a very crude portrait of Athena (with an elongated head), a crude but mostly complete owl, and legend very similar to the first coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The additional element added to the reverse, to the lower right of the owl, is more difficult to determine, but there is definitely something added to the die.&nbsp; I think it might be the prow of a ship.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin weight 16.95 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1135042[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone else have intermediate owls with reverse symbols?&nbsp; Also, please post any other interesting coins with symbols, Greek or non-Greek.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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