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Offline Molinari

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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #125 on: February 23, 2015, 08:55:52 am »
Another owl I forgot I owned!  This one was difficult to photograph because it is so small.

Athens, AE 10mm, .98g, c. 300 BC?. Obv: Athena in crested helm facing right; Rev: Owl standing left, facing. NISC.

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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #126 on: February 23, 2015, 09:06:24 am »

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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #127 on: February 23, 2015, 09:09:24 am »
Thanks, Pekka!  That one has been sitting not fully attributed for years.  I can't even remember where I got it!

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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #128 on: March 06, 2015, 02:41:23 pm »
here is my latest nominee to parliament, a silver drachm from Taras fomerly in the M.P Vlasto collection.
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-118944

i like the owl on this one, although his cocky look and slight tilt of the head seems to be mocking me, defying me to figure out what he is doing perched up there on that Ionic capital.
i examined his pellets to see what his feeding habits might have been, but all i found was traces of cash, my cash, and lots of it!

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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #129 on: April 26, 2015, 09:50:00 am »
Nice coins you have.

Here´s my favorite owl

Greek. Attica. Athens. (449-413 B.C.), Sear 2529, AR trihemiobol (10 mm diam, 1.1 gram), EF
 Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet, AθE.
 Owl standing facing, wings spread, two olive-leaves above.

Coin is nice, much better in hand. I hope the reference is right Sear 2529

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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #130 on: April 26, 2015, 03:11:04 pm »
This pretty owl :
 (but only countermark :) )
Mysia, Pergamon, (200-0 B.C.), AE-17, SNG Cop-360, ΠERΓAMH, Nike walking right,

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-120144

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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #131 on: May 01, 2015, 09:44:43 am »
Quote from: Carausius on February 18, 2015, 02:57:46 pm
"Low quality" is all relative, Nico. I think it's a charming coin.  Here's the best from my nest:

ATTICA, Athens, AR "New Style" Tetradrachm.  Α-ΘΕ / HPA / ΑΡΙ-ΣTΟΦ / ΕΠΙΣΤP.  Thompson 339c; Svoronos (Corpus), pl. 45, no. 11



Certainly not a reverse die match.

Hopefully the page will down load from Thompson's plates


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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #132 on: May 01, 2015, 01:50:54 pm »
Quote from: Carausius on February 18, 2015, 02:57:46 pm
"Low quality" is all relative, Nico. I think it's a charming coin.  Here's the best from my nest:

ATTICA, Athens, AR "New Style" Tetradrachm.  Α-ΘΕ / HPA / ΑΡΙ-ΣTΟΦ / ΕΠΙΣΤP.  Thompson 339c; Svoronos (Corpus), pl. 45, no. 11



Certainly not a reverse die match.

Hopefully the page will down load from Thompson's plates


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Hmmm.  I'll have to check when I am home this evening. Either I transcribed my records incorrectly when I posted the photo here, or I attributed to the wrong die in my records. Either way, I will sort it out.  Thanks, Cic !

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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #133 on: May 01, 2015, 09:37:27 pm »
Quote from: Carausius on May 01, 2015, 01:50:54 pm
Quote from: Carausius on February 18, 2015, 02:57:46 pm
ATTICA, Athens, AR "New Style" Tetradrachm.  Α-ΘΕ / HPA / ΑΡΙ-ΣTΟΦ / ΕΠΙΣΤP.  Thompson 339c; Svoronos (Corpus), pl. 45, no. 11

Certainly not a reverse die match.

Hopefully the page will down load from Thompson's plates

Cic


Hmmm.  I'll have to check when I am home this evening. Either I transcribed my records incorrectly when I posted the photo here, or I attributed to the wrong die in my records. Either way, I will sort it out.  Thanks, Cic !


Glad to report that my records correctly described my above New Style tetradrachm as "Thompson 339c-h (same obverse die) and Svoronos, Pl. 45, no. 11 (same obverse die)"!  I must have abbreviated the attribution when posting here which, inadvertently, gave the wrong impression that it was a full die match!

I've recently added the following owlet to my brood:

ATTICA, Athens, AR "New Style" Drachm. Thompson 141a (dies); Svoronos Pl. 34, 11-12; SNG Cop. 120-3 var (no letter); BMC 291-2 var (no letter).  Thompson thought that this large drachm issue, bearing the grain ear symbol and no magistrate indicia, may have been related to a grain distribution to the Athenian people.


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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #134 on: July 21, 2015, 11:36:49 am »
Nice  group Nico.. :) +++
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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #135 on: July 21, 2015, 06:10:38 pm »
Two little owls from Gaza. The firt is 7mm and 0.29g, the second 9mm and 0.73g.
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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #136 on: July 21, 2015, 07:51:09 pm »
Quote from: quadrans on July 21, 2015, 11:36:49 am
Nice  group Nico.. :) +++
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i agree. i've been after one of these for quite some time now, but they are never available when i have money.

and Robert, i think the first one is terrific considering the size. nice!
 
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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #137 on: August 14, 2015, 12:44:02 pm »
I finally captured one of my own!  May have a splitting headache, but still nice in it's own way:


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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #138 on: March 08, 2016, 04:12:15 pm »
What a wonderful and fascinating coin Nico, congratulations and thanks for sharing.  +++

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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #139 on: March 08, 2016, 04:26:36 pm »
Who can  beat Nico , I even do not like to.

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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #140 on: March 09, 2016, 10:21:34 am »
I recently added a classic Athenian owl to my collection.  I splurged a bit but it is a very pleasing coin! Also here's another owl from Velia, as well as an issue from Herakleia with a small owl on the reverse.

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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #141 on: March 11, 2016, 11:22:21 am »
Not the best quality but...

024 Domitian (69-81 A.D. Caesar, 81-96 A.D. Augustus), AE-Quadrans, RIC II 008, RIC-New-, Rome, Owl standing half left,

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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #142 on: November 03, 2016, 03:22:00 am »
after an extended recess Parliament is back in session.
first on the agenda is this hemiobol from Athens which i received as a birthday present. it looks like a miniature tetradrachm and is quite a bit nicer than the image, especially the pygmy owl...    ;)
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-132172

next up are these two diobols from Taras, each with an owl sitting on the back of a lion, a more precarious position than being an actual Member of Parliament!
Athena right...
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-132254

Athena left...
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-132730

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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #143 on: June 03, 2017, 02:48:24 pm »
here's one that recently perched on my doorstep...
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-137483

this type is very reminiscent of the coins of Athens, which were probably the model upon which the engraver drew his inspiration. nothing like borrowed credibility for a new-found colony!   8)

Velia, Lucania
465-440  BC, AR Drachm
O: Head of nymph right, wearing beaded necklace.
R: Owl with closed wing perched right on olive branch, head facing; YEΛH behind.

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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #144 on: June 03, 2017, 03:19:54 pm »
Very nice!

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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #145 on: June 03, 2017, 04:06:32 pm »
Another lovely Owl Peter :) +++

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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #146 on: June 03, 2017, 04:11:09 pm »
Mysia, Pergamon, BMC 201 
AE 18, 3.08g
struck 200-133 BC (according to von Fritze)
obv. Head of Athena, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with star, hair in curls to neck.
rev. Owl with open wings, stg. facing on palmbranch, head l.
       above AQH - NAC, below NIKHFOROV
       in l. and r. field P - D (magistrate?)
 ref. BMC 133, 201; SNG Copenhagen cf.383; SNG von Aulock cf.1375
 about VF, nice contrasts

This type is part of a greater series of coins struck in honour of Athena, tutelary deity of Pergamon. Issued possibly to celebrate various victories over the Galati and the Seleucids. 

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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #147 on: June 03, 2017, 04:20:00 pm »
Hi Jochen,

 I agree Your Owl from Mysia, Pergamon, are a great meber of "A Parliament of Owls"   +++

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A Nice Pair of Hooters
« Reply #148 on: August 09, 2017, 01:50:54 am »
here's the two latest additions to my collection, both with owl reverses.

the first is a beautiful owl on a drachm from Herakleia...
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-138339

and the next is a small and somewhat homely little owl on the reverse of this Tarentine diobol...
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-138622

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Re: A Parliament of Owls
« Reply #149 on: August 09, 2017, 02:13:57 am »
My own humble contribution. I don't go out of my way to collect Greek but I couldn't resist this little fellow, even though he's a little scratchy (we all have our off days). It looks like there might be enough Mysian owls out there to set up a parliament particular to Pergamon

 

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