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My Athenian “owl” Tetradrachm arrived today :)

MKUltra24MKUltra24 Posts: 655 ✭✭✭✭
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Hey guys,

I shared the Heritage Auction photos of this coin when I bought it but it just arrived today and I wanted to share my own pics.

I love the owl on the reverse ^_^


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  • 1984worldcoins1984worldcoins Posts: 741 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks good B)

  • CucumborCucumbor Posts: 135 ✭✭✭

    @MKUltra24 said:

    That's beautiful, thanks for sharing

  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,710 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 20, 2021 6:51AM

    That's nice example.

    So far I have stuck to the Imperial Roman coinage. I did bid on a very nice example of an Athenian Owl, but another bidder took the price to the moon. I quite often come in second in auctions.

    I heard a couple years ago that another hoard of these coins had surfaced which had lower the prices for while.

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  • happycollectinghappycollecting Posts: 264 ✭✭✭✭
    edited May 20, 2021 3:14PM

    Nice coin with high MS grade. Thanks for sharing. :)

  • MKUltra24MKUltra24 Posts: 655 ✭✭✭✭

    @BillJones said:
    That's nice example.

    So far I have stuck to the Imperial Roman coinage. I did bid on a very nice example of an Athenian Owl, but another bidder took the price to the moon. I quite often come in second in auctions.

    I heard a couple years ago that another hoard of these coins had surfaced which had lower the prices for while.

    I love Romans too!

    I bought this Denarius of Hadrian and I’m waiting on it to arrive ^_^.


  • MKUltra24MKUltra24 Posts: 655 ✭✭✭✭

    @1984worldcoins said:
    Looks good B)

    @happycollecting said:
    Nice coin with high MS grade. Thanks for sharing. :)

    Thanks guys! I just wish it had more of the crest.

    The Athenian Tetradrachms with the “full crest” designation can cause the price to rise 50% or more over a similar coin without it.

  • ZoharZohar Posts: 6,713 ✭✭✭✭✭

    These are great. Here is mine.

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  • CucumborCucumbor Posts: 135 ✭✭✭

    @MKUltra24 said:

    The Athenian Tetradrachms with the “full crest” designation can cause the price to rise 50% or more over a similar coin without it.

    They sure do, but when one has to ponder, I'd rather go with a crestless/full nose example than the opposite

  • happycollectinghappycollecting Posts: 264 ✭✭✭✭

    @MKUltra24 said:

    @1984worldcoins said:
    Looks good B)

    @happycollecting said:
    Nice coin with high MS grade. Thanks for sharing. :)

    Thanks guys! I just wish it had more of the crest.

    The Athenian Tetradrachms with the “full crest” designation can cause the price to rise 50% or more over a similar coin without it.

    Agree. Those with "full crest" do bring higher premium. However, they look better IMO. For me, I can comfortably move onto other ancient coin types once I picked up a "full crest". No need to look back for more Attica Owl.

    Here is my "full crest". :)

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 24,383 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You're on a roll! Excellent owl!

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  • MKUltra24MKUltra24 Posts: 655 ✭✭✭✭

    @asheland said:
    You're on a roll! Excellent owl!

    Thanks!! ^_^

    It’s my oldest coin by 500 years 😂

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