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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 4440275, member: 110226&quot;]From the slightly unhinged mind that brought you Athena and the frog, now comes Athena and Nike (sort of).</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a tetradrachm that I picked up last year on VCoins.&nbsp; It is an early mass production coin (c. 465/2-454 BCE) that retains some of the characteristics of earlier tetradrachms, particularly regarding the owl.&nbsp; The owl is off center, so it is not possible to determine if the tail feathers separate into 3 or merge together.&nbsp; I suspect the latter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now it is well known that Athena had an affinity for Nike.&nbsp; This is shown in the Pallas Athena, where she is holding Nike in the palm of her right hand.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5f/de/83/5fde83fb5adb14afe0c010a582f06991.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In Athens, there is the temple of Athena Nike, constructed around 420 BCE, when Athens was in the middle of the Peloponnesian War.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Temple_of_Athena_Nik%C3%A8_from_Propylaea%2C_Acropolis%2C_Athens%2C_Greece.jpg/250px-Temple_of_Athena_Nik%C3%A8_from_Propylaea%2C_Acropolis%2C_Athens%2C_Greece.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now, as tetradrachms go, this example is VF perhaps a little better in condition.&nbsp; But what is interesting is the die rust that formed under Athena&#039;s neck.&nbsp; At first I thought it might be engraved, but it is die rust, nothing more, nothing less, but it does have a suggestion of being Nike, with wings extended and arms spread out.&nbsp; Of course it really isn&#039;t, but it&#039;s fun to use one&#039;s imagination sometimes, with or without the help of some libation!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1110306[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1110307[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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