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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tartanhill, post: 4579694, member: 93472&quot;]I wonder if anyone can help me with determining Starr groups II and III. Below is an example of a Starr group II that just sold at auction. Below that is what Heritage claimed was a Starr group III. They both have the three separate tail feathers and the curved hair line and the three tail feathers touch the trailing toe of the owl. The only difference I see is that the tip of the vine scroll on the II touches the laurel leaf, and on the III it does not. Is that the only difference between the two? Also, there must be a group I. What determines that group?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/leu_winterthur/e12/image00173.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>ATTICA. Athens. Circa 475-465 BC.</b> Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 17.16 g, 7 h). Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves and palmette. <i>Rev.</i> AΘE Owl standing right, head facing; to left, olive sprig and crescent; all within incuse square. Starr Group II. A lovely example of bold late Archaic style. Very fine.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B2%2F2%2F4%2F5%2F7%2F22457081%5D&amp;call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B2%2F2%2F4%2F5%2F7%2F22457082%5D&amp;call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>ATTICA. Athens. Ca. 465-455 BC. AR tetradrachm (22mm, 17.19 gm, 4h). NGC VF 4/5 - 4/5.</b> Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll / AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square. HGC 4, 1594. Starr Group III.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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