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An Athenian silver tetradrachm ca. 475โ€“465 B.C., showing Athena's owl and an olive branch. Collection: The Getty.

An Athenian silver tetradrachm ca. 475โ€“465 B.C., showing Athena's owl and an olive branch. Collection: The Getty.
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Tetradrachm of Abdera with leaping , struck under Anaxipolis. Period: Greek - Classical Period
c. 439/437โ€“411/410 B.C. Collection: MFA Boston.

Tetradrachm of Abdera with leaping #griffin, struck under Anaxipolis. Period: Greek - Classical Period
c. 439/437โ€“411/410 B.C. Collection: MFA Boston.
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Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great as Herakles, Ancient Greek, -317, Macedonia

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Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great as Herakles, Ancient Greek, -317, Macedonia
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ARMENIAN KINGDOM. Tigranes II the Great (95-56 BC). AR tetradrachm (28mm, 15.89 gm, 1h). NGC AU 4/5 - 3/5. Tigranocerta, ca. 80-68 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Tigranes II right, wearing tiara with starburst between eagles standing outward looking inward; bead-and-reel border

ARMENIAN KINGDOM. Tigranes II the Great (95-56 BC). AR tetradrachm (28mm, 15.89 gm, 1h). NGC AU 4/5 - 3/5. Tigranocerta, ca. 80-68 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Tigranes II right, wearing tiara with starburst between eagles standing outward looking inward; bead-and-reel border
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Owl of Athena! ๐Ÿฆ‰โค๏ธ Silver coin (tetradrachm) minted in Athens c. 475-465 BC.

Photo Getty Museum getty.edu/art/collectionโ€ฆ


Owl of Athena! ๐Ÿฆ‰โค๏ธ  Silver coin (tetradrachm) minted in Athens c. 475-465 BC.

Photo Getty Museum getty.edu/art/collectionโ€ฆ

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An astounding portrait of Artavasdes II, king of Armenia (55-34 BC), on a silver tetradrachm struck during his reign. Initially a friend of Rome, Artavasdes' alliance with the Republic became increasingly strained. After refusing to assist Mark Antony in his misguided campaign

An astounding portrait of Artavasdes II, king of Armenia (55-34 BC), on a silver tetradrachm struck during his reign. Initially a friend of Rome, Artavasdes' alliance with the Republic became increasingly strained. After refusing to assist Mark Antony in his misguided campaign
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A silver tetradrachm from Sicily, Syracuse, struck at the time of the Second democracy, 415-405 BC.

Described by Cicero as โ€˜the greatest Greek city and the most beautiful of them allโ€™, Syracuse became the major power in Sicily during the late 5th Century BC. Its political and

A silver tetradrachm from Sicily, Syracuse, struck at the time of the Second democracy, 415-405 BC.

Described by Cicero as โ€˜the greatest Greek city and the most beautiful of them allโ€™, Syracuse became the major power in Sicily during the late 5th Century BC. Its political and
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So pleased to have won this coin of Hadrian at auction, and at a reasonable price. It is a Cistophoric Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.84 g) struck at Nicomedia after AD 128 (imperial mint). The reverse shows an octastyle temple set on a three-tiered podium with the legend ROM ET AVG (To

So pleased to have won this coin of Hadrian at auction, and at a reasonable price. It is a Cistophoric Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.84 g) struck at Nicomedia after AD 128 (imperial mint). The reverse shows an octastyle temple set on a three-tiered podium with the legend ROM ET AVG (To
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Greek Tetradrachm from Abdera, Thrace, c. 439-410 BC

Obverse: a leaping Gryphon. Reverse: an eagle flying in a square surround by the letters Eโ€“KA / TA / IO / S. All within an incuse square.

Greek Tetradrachm from Abdera, Thrace, c. 439-410 BC

Obverse: a leaping Gryphon. Reverse: an eagle flying in a square surround by the letters Eโ€“KA / TA / IO / S. All within an incuse square.
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