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Owl Athens with a small testcut

AndresAndres Posts: 977 ✭✭✭
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Just bought this silver Tetradrachme on a local site for little money,
the guy who tested it over 2000 years ago didn't hold back image

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    StorkStork Posts: 5,205 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good gravy, the owl is nearly decapitated!

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    JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
    He really wanted to make sure that was good!
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    SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Stork

    Good gravy, the owl is nearly decapitated!




    So was Athena!
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    ProofArtworkonCircsProofArtworkonCircs Posts: 4,223 ✭
    It is a historic piece showing how it was used in commerce.
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    AndresAndres Posts: 977 ✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: ProofArtworkonCircs
    It is a historic piece showing how it was used in commerce.


    That's the reason I bought it, I also want to buy a fourree when I find a nice one.
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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,213 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations. I am coming up on my fortieth anniversary as a coin collector and still have never owned an Athenian Owl tetradrachm. I always said that I wanted the first one I bought to be a nice one. However, there is something to be said for having a well-used piece or one with a banker's mark or test cut, like yours here. It gives the piece character and brings its history to life. And, if it's also inexpensive, that's great. Nice pickup.

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    AndresAndres Posts: 977 ✭✭✭
    I thought the same,Rob This is my first Owl , also with a little testcut , but hard to see in hand. I think the new one also has a bankers mark in the form of a leave right under Pallas mouth.





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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,213 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Everything about that second one you posted (aside from the small test cut itself) is appealing.

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 22,694 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like that coin! image

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 22,694 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What a pity about that test cut.
    He could have just used this instead:
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    AndresAndres Posts: 977 ✭✭✭
    He probably couldn't afford one, looks like an expensive apparatus , where can you buy them ?
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    ajaanajaan Posts: 17,124 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What did he use, an axe?

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 22,694 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Andres
    He probably couldn't afford one, looks like an expensive apparatus , where can you buy them ?


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