Ancient Greek silver coin

Details

• Title

  Ancient Greek silver coin

• Associated place

  The Greek World › Northern Greece › Attica › Athens (mint)

• Date

  2nd half of the 5th century BC

• Material and technique

  silver, struck

• Material index

  processed material › metal › silver

• Technique index

  struck

• Denomination

  1 Drachm

• Object type

  currency › coin

• Dimensions

  16 mm (diameter)
  4.28 g (weight)
  12 o'clock (die-axis)

• Inscription/mark

  ΑΘΕ

• Design

  Head of Athena, wearing Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves and spiral palmette, right (obverse)

  
  

  Owl, standing right, head facing; to left, olive spray (reverse)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 16 | The Greek World

• Museum department

  Heberden Coin Room

• Accession no.

  HCR9486

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