500 Years of the Athenian "Owl": an Introduction

[@ABACUStoPC]

A great introduction, both educational and interesting. I was surprised to learn that ANS holds a collection of over 3000 pieces of this type of coin

[@AmericanNumismaticSociety]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@robertadam7182]

Man you’re a great speaker, you could lecture me on baked beans and I’d stay for the whole thing!

[@kitrichardson5573]

Just like the full head liberty Quarter or the sixth steps on the Lincoln nickel or the full bands on the Mercury dime, the cherished owls are the ones with a full crest on Athena You can buy an owl anywhere from 500 to 1000 dollars and get very nice specimens but one recently sold at auction for $13,000 With a full crest.

[@dougsmit1]

While what was there was fine, I was really hoping for something even mentioning the first half of the 5th century (Archaic) variations other than the one you showed. There was similar omission of the relatively common 'Classical' owl variations (before 404 BC). How many of your total owls are from these? I also would have liked to hear that there were denominations smaller than the tetradrachms and when they were made. Does the ANS have a 1/8 obol? I don't but my 1/4 does not have the owl reverse so may not belong in this video. Finally, you might have addressed your views on the plated coins.

[@PeterSt1954]

A very petty point but the pattern on your shirt made it easy for me to compare your streamed video with the same downloaded video. The downloaded video was much crisper.

[@yhorm8735]

Actually I think the roman Solidus would be a longer lasting form of ancient coinage that maintained a semi consistent purity up until the 11th century.

[@silvertopaz509]

I'm a small collector of Greek coins. I just received 20 bronze coins under 2 grams. Do you have any books or on line resources that could help me id them. I do have the Seaby Greek Coins Vol 1 and 2. Thank you for any thing you could point me to.

[@marcussilveritis4385]

Awesome Channel

[@zooblestyx]

Being new to the field, is this pronunciation of "drachm" convention or an individual preference? Sounds a bit like we're talking about shotgun loads. ^^

[@SaravananSaravanan-is4ri]

Amazing

[@Knights2theEnd]

That introduction was weird

[@bobschaaf2549]

Emma Pratte, and she's fab.

[@zendikOG]

Value of the golden Athenian drachmas.?

[@faesalalrefaai5119]

How I can contact you

[@AmericanNumismaticSociety]

You can contact us through our website... numismatics.org/

[@grom3335]

👍

[@beachmetaldetectingcrete]

Fantastic Bravo 👏 💙🇬🇷🏖

[@AmericanNumismaticSociety]

Thank you! 😃

[@jihadhajibattal329]

I like history

[@parastroika2393]

me too friend

[@خالد-و3ض]

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[@sukruzakarai3680]

انا املك متل وحدي هون بدي بدبيعها

[@ZilzasousasilvaSilvs-gt1zl]

I,, haven't,ALL FOR,,SELL,

[@harrybond1485]

Huh?

[@jameslingo4190]

15 minutes seems to me too long

[@laurie.n2487]

15 min seems to long to discuss 500 years of history....k

[@NicoleSpeckbacher]

TI; TELETAI NA MAS DIKSETAI POSA ARXEA ELLHNIKA NOMISMATA KLEPSATAI APO THN ELLADA .