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Posted 04/26/2014 4:43 pm
Some of my owls would have to be on my list.
Athens, Silver tetradrachm
Obv:" Head of Athena right, droopy eye, crested helmet with olive leaves and bent-back palmette, wire necklace, round earring, hair in parallel curves.
Rev:" 'ΘΕ, right, owl standing right, head facing, erect in posture, olive sprig and crescent left, all within incuse square;
Minted in Athens from . B.C. 449 - 413.
Reference:" SNG Cop 31 ff., SGCV I 2526
Test cut on Athena's neck, bankers mark on jaw with graffiti on cheek. Small test cut through eye of owl and running in the field to the right of the owl through the leg.
17.06g, 23.32mm, 90o
Athens, AR Tetradrachm, ca 393 - 370 BC
Obv:" Head of Athena right with eye seen in true profile, wearing crested helmet ornamented with three olive leaves and floral scroll
Rev:" owl standing right, head facing, to right ATE in large lettering, to left olive sprig and crescent
Minted in Athens c. B.C. 393 - 370.
Reference:" Flamen p. 126, 1 (Pi I); Svoronos Athens plate 19, 17; SNG Cop -
16.699g, 24.31mm, 270o
The following information was provided by dealer with the coin:-
"Transitional style tetradrachms include all of the wide spectrum of variants with the eye in profile issued after the classic "old style" almond eye tetradrachms but before the broad thinner flan "new style" tetradrachms. Recent research has classified variations of the transitional style - Pi Type, Quadridigité Style, Heterogeneous Style and sub-groups of the styles, and proposed chronologies for the different styles and groups.
This coin is the earliest transitional type, the first Pi style type, essentially identical to the "old style" with the exception of the eye in profile. The "Pi" designation is based on the P shape of the floral spiral and palmette ornamentation on the helmet bowl. The coin can be classified as Pi style, group 1. The floral ornament on examples this early do not yet resemble Pi."
Athens, Silver tetradrachm
Obv:" Head of Athena right, droopy eye, crested helmet with olive leaves and bent-back palmette, wire necklace, round earring, hair in parallel curves.
Rev:" 'ΘΕ, right, owl standing right, head facing, erect in posture, olive sprig and crescent left, all within incuse square;
Minted in Athens from . B.C. 449 - 413.
Reference:" SNG Cop 31 ff., SGCV I 2526
Test cut on Athena's neck, bankers mark on jaw with graffiti on cheek. Small test cut through eye of owl and running in the field to the right of the owl through the leg.
17.06g, 23.32mm, 90o
Athens, AR Tetradrachm, ca 393 - 370 BC
Obv:" Head of Athena right with eye seen in true profile, wearing crested helmet ornamented with three olive leaves and floral scroll
Rev:" owl standing right, head facing, to right ATE in large lettering, to left olive sprig and crescent
Minted in Athens c. B.C. 393 - 370.
Reference:" Flamen p. 126, 1 (Pi I); Svoronos Athens plate 19, 17; SNG Cop -
16.699g, 24.31mm, 270o
The following information was provided by dealer with the coin:-
"Transitional style tetradrachms include all of the wide spectrum of variants with the eye in profile issued after the classic "old style" almond eye tetradrachms but before the broad thinner flan "new style" tetradrachms. Recent research has classified variations of the transitional style - Pi Type, Quadridigité Style, Heterogeneous Style and sub-groups of the styles, and proposed chronologies for the different styles and groups.
This coin is the earliest transitional type, the first Pi style type, essentially identical to the "old style" with the exception of the eye in profile. The "Pi" designation is based on the P shape of the floral spiral and palmette ornamentation on the helmet bowl. The coin can be classified as Pi style, group 1. The floral ornament on examples this early do not yet resemble Pi."
