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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3536332, member: 10461&quot;]Only <i>six</i> years?&nbsp; Ha!&nbsp; I&#039;ve admired them for <i>forty-three</i> years, but have yet to own one.&nbsp; Primarily for just the reason you&#039;ve mentioned, and for the simple fact that my tastes far outpace my budget with these.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see, I want my first Athenian owl tet to be a <i>nice</i> one, and the ones I <i>really</i> like all seem to have four-figure pricetags, which puts them out of my reach.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am content with this, which is now my favorite &quot;Eclectic Box&quot; coin after my recent downsizing.&nbsp; Sure, it&#039;s not Athenian, but it has Athena.&nbsp; And as nice an owl as one could hope to see (at least in my budget range).</p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/xyq6E5yBf8LJQlt2IgYX" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/xyq6E5yBf8LJQlt2IgYX" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Greece (Spartan colony in Taras, Calabria, Italy): silver drachm, ca. 302-281 BC</font></font></a></b></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/N4MrZFrZSua3wJa6OCPq_Taras-Calabria-drachm-050653-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This next one was a pretty nice owl, too, even if it looked more like a winged bullfrog.</p><p><br /></p><p>And it cost less than what a really crummy Athenian owl with huge test cuts would have.</p><p><br /></p><p>I now wish I hadn&#039;t sold it.&nbsp; At the time, I was sticking to the &quot;Box of 20&quot; concept and told myself I didn&#039;t need <i>two</i> owls in my then-tiny collection.&nbsp; In retrospect, that was rather was silly of me.</p><p><b><a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI/OwDVLJ5QQLERHmPSWR79" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI/OwDVLJ5QQLERHmPSWR79" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></a></b></p><p><b><a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI/OwDVLJ5QQLERHmPSWR79" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI/OwDVLJ5QQLERHmPSWR79" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Greece (Pontos, Amisos): silver drachm or siglos featuring Hera and owl, ca. late 5th to 4th century BC</font></font></a></b></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/yoH38pnEToy93wZrSDHz_01-AncientGreece-Pontos-Amisos-ARdrachm-017341-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So I can&#039;t replicate the secret handshake, but I can make a gesture which looks sort of similar from a distance.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bang for the buck, the two owls here have as much appeal as a classic Athenian, if you ask me, but if you&#039;ve got the money for a nice Athenian (and it appears you did, since the one in the OP is indeed nice), then good for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>They&#039;re sort of &quot;must have&quot; coins, aren&#039;t they?&nbsp; Maybe one day my tastes and budget will overlap just enough for me to acquire one that pleases me.&nbsp; We shall see.&nbsp; &quot;Athenian owls that I both love <i>and</i> can afford&quot; is a pretty narrow margin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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