Owl and Barley - 300 BC and set in 18k Gold
This is a drachm in the style of the Athenian tetradrachm showing the owl and barley. This one is quite special as I can never find any of this type. Athenian owls were very famous throughout the region, with many localities imitating the coinage. This is one such example. This size is a lot smaller than the original athenian tetradrachm, which I also sell.
Read my blog post about Athens' owl coin: https://www.peregrinependants.com/blog/athens-owl-coin. Note how thick these coins are.
-- Coin information:
Metapontum, Lucania - reduced silver drachm
Obverse: owl standing right on olive branch
Reverse: META upwards, ear of barley, caduceus above leaf at right
Struck 320-228 BC
Metapontum was an Achaean colony of remote antiquity, which, after having been destroyed, was refounded from Sybaris, under the leadership of Leukippos, early in the sixth century B.C. It occupied a plain of extraordinary fertility on the Gulf of Tarentum, between the rivers Bradanos and Kasuentos. Its coinage has inscribed ΜΕΤΑΠOΝΤS, usually abbreviated and often retrograde. In fabric the coins resemble those of the other Achaean cities, being thin plate-like disks with the reverse-type incuse.
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- Comes with certificate which guarantees authenticity and provides background information (listed below) on the acquired coin
- Jewelry pouch included; Pictured 14k gold chain can be purchased separately
- Interested in ancient coins? I wrote a little bit about what I find fascinating about them here: https://tinyurl.com/24pkndjw
Ancients people would sometimes chisel (test cut) a coin to determine if the coin was a good, official, solid silver or gold coin, or if it was a fourree, a plated counterfeit.
Owls on Ancient Coins Owls are depicted on many different ancient coin types but the most prolific types are the coins of ancient Athens. The ancient slang names for the coins of Athens were "owls" (but in Greek of course) and "girls" (referring to Athena on the obverse, also in Greek). "Owls" were so popular as a central currency of the ancient world that the design remained essentially unchanged and somewhat archaic long after other cities began to produce coins of a more refined artistic style. "Owls" of Athens are still very popular. For collectors, they are perhaps the most popular ancient coin type.
This is a drachm in the style of the Athenian tetradrachm showing the owl and barley. This one is quite special as I can never find any of this type. Athenian owls were very famous throughout the region, with many localities imitating the coinage. This is one such example. This size is a lot smaller than the original athenian tetradrachm, which I also sell.
Read my blog post about Athens' owl coin: https://www.peregrinependants.com/blog/athens-owl-coin. Note how thick these coins are.
-- Coin information:
Metapontum, Lucania - reduced silver drachm
Obverse: owl standing right on olive branch
Reverse: META upwards, ear of barley, caduceus above leaf at right
Struck 320-228 BC
Metapontum was an Achaean colony of remote antiquity, which, after having been destroyed, was refounded from Sybaris, under the leadership of Leukippos, early in the sixth century B.C. It occupied a plain of extraordinary fertility on the Gulf of Tarentum, between the rivers Bradanos and Kasuentos. Its coinage has inscribed ΜΕΤΑΠOΝΤS, usually abbreviated and often retrograde. In fabric the coins resemble those of the other Achaean cities, being thin plate-like disks with the reverse-type incuse.
See all Peregrine Pendants jewelry: https://www.etsy.com/shop/PeregrineAncients
Follow on instagram @peregrinependants
- Comes with certificate which guarantees authenticity and provides background information (listed below) on the acquired coin
- Jewelry pouch included; Pictured 14k gold chain can be purchased separately
- Interested in ancient coins? I wrote a little bit about what I find fascinating about them here: https://tinyurl.com/24pkndjw
Ancients people would sometimes chisel (test cut) a coin to determine if the coin was a good, official, solid silver or gold coin, or if it was a fourree, a plated counterfeit.
Owls on Ancient Coins Owls are depicted on many different ancient coin types but the most prolific types are the coins of ancient Athens. The ancient slang names for the coins of Athens were "owls" (but in Greek of course) and "girls" (referring to Athena on the obverse, also in Greek). "Owls" were so popular as a central currency of the ancient world that the design remained essentially unchanged and somewhat archaic long after other cities began to produce coins of a more refined artistic style. "Owls" of Athens are still very popular. For collectors, they are perhaps the most popular ancient coin type.
This is a drachm in the style of the Athenian tetradrachm showing the owl and barley. This one is quite special as I can never find any of this type. Athenian owls were very famous throughout the region, with many localities imitating the coinage. This is one such example. This size is a lot smaller than the original athenian tetradrachm, which I also sell.
Read my blog post about Athens' owl coin: https://www.peregrinependants.com/blog/athens-owl-coin. Note how thick these coins are.
-- Coin information:
Metapontum, Lucania - reduced silver drachm
Obverse: owl standing right on olive branch
Reverse: META upwards, ear of barley, caduceus above leaf at right
Struck 320-228 BC
Metapontum was an Achaean colony of remote antiquity, which, after having been destroyed, was refounded from Sybaris, under the leadership of Leukippos, early in the sixth century B.C. It occupied a plain of extraordinary fertility on the Gulf of Tarentum, between the rivers Bradanos and Kasuentos. Its coinage has inscribed ΜΕΤΑΠOΝΤS, usually abbreviated and often retrograde. In fabric the coins resemble those of the other Achaean cities, being thin plate-like disks with the reverse-type incuse.
See all Peregrine Pendants jewelry: https://www.etsy.com/shop/PeregrineAncients
Follow on instagram @peregrinependants
- Comes with certificate which guarantees authenticity and provides background information (listed below) on the acquired coin
- Jewelry pouch included; Pictured 14k gold chain can be purchased separately
- Interested in ancient coins? I wrote a little bit about what I find fascinating about them here: https://tinyurl.com/24pkndjw
Ancients people would sometimes chisel (test cut) a coin to determine if the coin was a good, official, solid silver or gold coin, or if it was a fourree, a plated counterfeit.
Owls on Ancient Coins Owls are depicted on many different ancient coin types but the most prolific types are the coins of ancient Athens. The ancient slang names for the coins of Athens were "owls" (but in Greek of course) and "girls" (referring to Athena on the obverse, also in Greek). "Owls" were so popular as a central currency of the ancient world that the design remained essentially unchanged and somewhat archaic long after other cities began to produce coins of a more refined artistic style. "Owls" of Athens are still very popular. For collectors, they are perhaps the most popular ancient coin type.
