Ancient greek silver coins - Silver large cross
Ancient Greek Silver Coins
ancient greek
- The influence of ancient Greece on wine is significant not only to the Greek wine industry but to the development of almost all European wine regions and to the history of wine itself.
- Ancient Greek is the historical stage in the development of the Greek language spanning the Archaic (c. 9th–6th centuries BC), Classical (c. 5th–4th centuries BC), and Hellenistic (c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD) periods of ancient Greece and the ancient world.
- the Greek language prior to the Roman Empire
silver coins
- (Silver, Coin) Silver items manufactured until approximately mid-19th Century. Made from melted down European silver coins, this metal is approximately 90% silver. Because of the content of other metals, coin silver items are harder (resist bending and dents) and don’t tarnish as quickly.
- Code name for cocaine, a popular adjunct to the coin business during the boom years of the 1970s and 1980s. "Do you have any silver coins for sale?" Devotees often took to carrying about on their persons small nasal spray bottles filled with a mixture of cocaine and water.
- Silver coins are possibly the oldest mass form of coinage in recorded history. Silver has been used as a coinage metal since the times of the Greeks. Their silver drachmas were popular trade coins.
ancient greek silver coins - The Charles
The Charles Butler collections: Catalogue of the collection of coins and medals formed by the late Charles Butler, esq., comprising ancient Greek ... coins in gold, silver and bronze, f
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Silver dekadrachm: Arethusa with dolphin
Classical period, 470 BC Arethusa (????????) means "the waterer". She was a nymph and daughter of Nereus (making her a Nereid), and later became a fountain on the island of Ortygia in Syracuse, Sicily. The myth of her transformation begins when she came across a clear stream and began bathing, not knowing it was the river god Alpheus. He fell in love during their encounter, but she fled after discovering his presence and intentions, as she wished to remain a chaste attendant of Artemis. After a long chase, she prayed to her goddess to ask for protection. Artemis hid her in a cloud, but Alpheus was persistent. She began to perspire profusely from fear, and soon transformed into a stream. Artemis then broke the ground allowing Arethusa another attempt to flee. Her stream traveled under the earth to the island of Ortygia, but Alpheus flowed through the sea to reach her and mingle with her waters. During Demeter's search for her daughter Persephone, Arethusa entreated Demeter to discontinue her punishment of Sicily for her daughter's disappearance. She told the goddess that while traveling in her stream below the earth, she saw her daughter looking sad as the queen of Hades. Arethusa occasionally appeared on coins as a young girl with a net in her hair and dolphins around her head. These coins were common around Ortygia, the location in which she ends up after fleeing from Alpheus. The Roman writer Ovid called Arethusa by the name "Alpheias", because her stream was believed to have a subterranean communication with the river Alpheius, in Peloponnesus.
Athens, Greece, Old Style Tetradrachm, 449 - 413 B.C.
Athens, Greece, Old Style Tetradrachm, 449 - 413 B.C. The old-style tetradrachm of Athens is famous for its almond shaped eye, archaic smile and charming owl reverse. Around 480 B.C. a wreath of olive leaves and a decorative scroll were added to Athena's helmet. On the reverse a crescent moon was added. During the period 449 - 413 B.C. huge quantities of tetradrachms were minted to finance grandiose building projects such as the Parthenon and to cover the costs of the Peloponnesian War 20903. Silver tetradrachm, SNG Cop 31 ff., SGCV I 2526, VF, test cut, weight 17.062 g, maximum diameter 24.9 mm, die axis 180o, Athens mint, obverse head of Athena right, almond shaped eye, crested helmet with olive leaves and floral scroll, wire necklace, round earring, hair in parallel curves; reverse AQE right, owl standing right, head facing, erect in posture, olive sprig and crescent left, all within incuse square; $500.00 (€320.00) Not sure if it's real or not any experts out there? E
ancient greek silver coins
Coin pendant is a replica of part of an ancient Greek coin from Rhodes and Crete. Two playful dolphins are shown leaping. Symbols of grace, intelligence, friendship, playfulness, good luck, and protection, dolphins have been revered by many cultures and seen as guardians. Sterling silver ancient coin replica pendant measures just over 3/4 of an inch (.79"x.59" or 20x15mm). Chain and charm are lightly oxidized and then polished to bring out detail. Sterling cable chain is secured to spring-ring clasp using hand-wrapped sterling wire and Swarovski crystals (no flimsy jump rings).