ATHENS GREECE 449BC Rare DRACHM Ancient SIlver Greek Coin Athena Owl i46300
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ATHENS GREECE 449BC Rare DRACHM Ancient SIlver Greek Coin Athena Owl i46300:
$4250.00
Item: i46300
Authentic Ancient Coin of:
Greek city of Athens in Attica Greece -
Silver Drachm 14mm (4.25 grams) Struck circa 449-413 B.C.
Reference: Sear 2527
Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet ornamented with three olive-leaves and floral scroll.
Owl standing right, head facing; to right ΑΘΕ; all within incuse square.
You are offerding on the exact item pictured, provided with a Certificate of Authenticity and Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity.
Athena or Athene (Latin:Minerva), also referred to as Pallas Athena, is the goddess of war, civilization, wisdom, strength, strategy, crafts, justice and skill inGreek mythology.Minerva, Athena\'s Romanincarnation, embodies similar attributes. Athena is also a shrewd companion ofheroes and thegoddess of heroic endeavour. She is thevirgin patron of Athens. The Athenians built theParthenon on the Acropolis of her namesake city, Athens, in her honour (Athena Parthenos). Athena\'s cult as the patron of Athens seems to have existed from the earliest times and was so persistent that archaic myths about her were recast to adapt to cultural changes. In her role as a protector of the city (polis), many people throughout the Greek world worshiped Athena as Athena Polias (\"Athena of the city\").Athens and Athena bear etymologically connected names.
Athens, the capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the world\'s oldest cities, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years.
The Greek capital has a population of 745,514 (in 2001) within its administrative limits and a land area of 39km2 (15sqmi). The urban area of Athens extends beyond the administrativecity limits with a population of 3,130,841 (in 2001) and a land area of 412km2 (159sqmi). According to Eurostat, the AthensLarger Urban Zone (LUZ) is the 7th most populous LUZ in theEuropean Union (the 5th most populous capital city of theEU) with a population of 4,013,368 (in 2004). A bustling and cosmopolitan metropolis, Athens is central to economic, financial, industrial, political and cultural life in Greece and it is rated as an alpha-world city. It is rapidly becoming a leading business centre in the European Union. In 2008, Athens was ranked the world\'s 32nd richest city by purchasing powerand the 25th most expensive in a UBS study.
Classical Athens was a powerfulcity-state. A centre for the arts, learning andphilosophy, home of Plato\'sAcademy andAristotle\'sLyceum, Athens was also the birthplace ofSocrates,Pericles,Sophocles and its many other prominent philosophers, writers and politicians of theancient world. It is widely referred to as thecradle of Western civilization and the birthplace ofdemocracy, largely due to the impact of its cultural and political achievements during the 5th and 4th centuries BC on the rest of the then knownEuropean continent.
The heritage of theclassical era is still evident in the city, represented by a number ofancient monuments and works of art, the most famous of all being theParthenon on theAcropolis, widely considered a key landmark of earlyWestern civilization. The city also retains a vast variety ofRoman andByzantine monuments, as well as a smaller number of remainingOttoman monuments projecting the city\'s long history across the centuries. Landmarks of the modern era are also present, dating back to 1830 (the establishment of the independent Greek state), and taking in theHellenic Parliament (19th century) and the Athens Trilogy consisting of theNational Library of Greece, theAthens University and theAcademy of Athens. Athens was the host city of thefirst modern-day Olympic Games in 1896, and 108 years later it welcomed home the2004 Summer Olympics.
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ATHENS GREECE 449BC Rare DRACHM Ancient SIlver Greek Coin Athena Owl i46300:
$4250.00