When you can't afford an Owl....

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Sigeium, Troas. AR drachm. 400-300 BC. 16mm, 3.09 g. Triple crested helmeted head of Athena facing three-quarters right. / ΣIΓE, owl standing right, head facing, crescent behind head


Cool little addition - I love it.

Please post any coins featuring Owls.. that are not from Athens.

 

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A cheap bronze from mainly a dealer in U.S. coins.



MYSIA.,Pergamon (200 - 133 B.C.)
Æ16
O: Helmeted head of Athena right.
R: AΘΗ-ΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ, owl standing facing on palm, with wings spread, A monogram left and AP right.
3.6g
16mm
SNG von Aulock 1375-6 var; SNG Copenhagen 388 var

 

This is about as close as I think I'll ever get.

Z

 

That's lovely, @Clavdivs ! I love my little owl from Sigeion:


Troas, Sigeion, c. 335 BC.
Greek Æ 12.2 mm, 2.37 g, 5 h.
Obv: Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple crested helmet and necklace.
Rev: ΣΙΓΕ, owl standing right, head facing; crescent to left.
Refs: BMC 17.86,7-10; SNG von Aulock 7637; SNG Ashmolean 1214–6; SNG Copenhagen 496–8; Sear 4145.

 

Got this really cheap

Attica. Athens circa 454-404 BC.
Drachm AR

13mm., 4,13g.

Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette /
ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry in upper left field, all within incuse square.

 

Nice one. I picked up a Sigeion bronze as well earlier this year, but it came with a mutant owl that had two bodies.


TROAS, Sigeion
AE21. 8.91g, 20.7mm. TROAS, Sigeion, circa 355-334 BC. SNG Cop 493; SNG München 304-6; SNG von Aulock 1570. O: Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple crested helmet and necklace. R: SIGE, Double-bodied owl standing facing; crescent to right.
Ex Dr. W.R. Collection; ex Demetrios Armounta Collection (CNG E-Auction 320, 12 Feb 2014, lot 128

Another one of my favorite non-Athenian owls...

SICILY, Kamarina
AE Tetras or Trionkion. SICILY, Kamarina, circa 420-405 BC. 3.39g, 14.8mm. Westermark & Jenkins Period 3, 204; CNS 40; HGC 2, 550. O: Helmeted head of Athena left; olive spray to left. R: [K-A-]MA, Owl standing facing, wings spread, grasping lizard; three pellets (mark of value) in exergue.
Ex Camerata Romeu Collection

 

Wow!... that is amazing. When researching my new Sigeion Owl I inevitably went to Wildwinds and was admiring the mutant pictured there.. so great!!!!

 

Cool little coin!

Well... the one below is not from Atthens, and features an owl

 

I picked up this coin from my old folders. Antiochus 8. SNG Cop 376.

 

Nice owl coin @Clavdivs !

I’ve had my eye out for a bronze owl from Kamarina for a while but haven't found the right one in my price bracket yet.

As of now I only have silver owls from Athens to share. OOPS I missed the no Athens stipulation.

 

Well, here is a recent addition that fits the request to the letter. A Greek owl, but not from Athens. Not a coin you could call affordable, but still good value for money.

 

Nice catch @Clavdivs , and quick to pick it up. If I had checked his new stock sooner I probably would have gotten it myself I have a couple owl coins also but they are Athens.

 

The easiest and cheapest is the greek 1 euro coin. Although it's greek, it's not "athenian" per se



Other than that I have the following on its way. I'm always a bit reluctant at showing stuff I don't have in hand yet, but, hey, it should be OK


ANONYMOUS. Time of Domitian to Antoninus Pius (81-161). Quadrans. Rome.

Obv: Draped and cuirassed bust of Minerva right, wearing Corinthian helmet.
Rev: S - C. Owl standing left.
2.35 g. - 14 mm.
Ref : RIC 7.

Q

 

I have been wanting one for a few years.
I know they are expensive. But you and the other posters haven't even mentioned what the cheaper ones are worth..

 

Lest I forget and abandon my propensity for thread derails, I almost forgot about these . . . .

Z

 

SICILY, KAMARINA
Æ Tetras
OBV: Helmeted head of Athena left
REV: KAMA, owl standing left, head facing, grasping lizard; three pellets in exergue
Struck at Kamarina, Sicily, 420-405 BC
2.9g; 15.2 mm
Calciati 33; BMC 40; SNG ANS 1229; SNG Cop 169

 

My only Owl (although I have been getting closer to pulling the trigger on an Athenian one lately...)
Seleucid Empire - Syria
Antiochos VII, r. 138-129 B.C.
Ake-Ptolemaïs Mint, AE16, 16.21 mm x 2.6 grams
Obv.: Helmeted Head of Athena Right
Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ EYEPΓETOY. Owl standing facing

 

Some "badly" test marked Athens tetradrachms that have appeared on ebay from Germany in the recent past have been cheap "relatively"

The one I once owned came from a dealer in Hollywood CA USA and had 3 test cuts some graffiti and was a mass classic owl and cost about $250. Save up the money you would spend on AE's and bargain


SOLD Athens Mass Classic Owl 450-404 BC SOLD
SOLD Obv :Head of Athena right
2 large and one very light test cuts.
Rev : Owl facing with olive sprig and crescent moon over left field
Inscription AΘE ethnic :Incuse square
Grafitto poss Phoenician or Aramaic letter Beth SOLD
deep test cut between owls eyes
23mm 17.07gm
Buttrey " M " type un-official Egyptian produced owl.

Sometimes Athens NewStyle can be had very cheaply too!

Athens New Style Tetradrachm 145/4 BC
Obs : Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet
16.70 gm 34.8mm Thompson issue 20
Thompson catalogue : Obs 160 : Rev NEW
Rev : ΑΘΕ ethnic
Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora on which
month mark Γ : LF control mark ΣΦΑΙ
2 magistrates : ΠΑΔΩ ΛΥΣΙΑ
RF symbol :Forepart of Bridled Horse
All within a surrounding olive wreath

Athens New Style Tetradrachm 143/2 BC
Obs : Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet
16.00 gm 34.4mm Thompson issue 22
Thompson catalogue : Obs 188 : Rev NEW
Rev : ΑΘΕ ethnic
Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora on which
month mark Θ below left control mark ME 2 magistrates : ΔΙΟΦΑ ΔΙΟΔΟ
LF symbol : Apollo
All within a surrounding olive wreath

Both these came from a Hoard disposed of on ebay from a German dealer and I bought them for.....less than $120 each.

Good enough for my collection!

 

Said it before, but I REALLY like your mutant owl coin, Z!

NON-ATHENS OWLS...


Teate Apulia 225-220 BCE AE Quincunx 12.5g 26.5mm Athena R Corinthn helmet - TIATI owl K 5 pellets - BMC HN Italy 702a SNG Cop 689 var RARE


My MUTANT OWL

Athens 340-317 BCE BC AE 12 Athena attic helmet R- Double bodied Owl with head facing E olive sprigs kalathos RARE BMC 224


Spartan Colony - Little known fact: Athena was a patron Goddess of Sparta

Calabria Tarentum AR Drachm 18mm 3.1g 3rd C BCE Athena Corinthian Scylla OWL olive TAP ZOP HN Italy 975 Vlasto 1052

 

My coin was $44