Silver tetradrachm of Antiochos VIII minted in Ake-Ptolemais, Seleukid Empire (121-96 BCE)
Obverse: diademed head of Antiochos VIII; Reverse: Zeus standing facing left with star in right hand and sceptre in left, with crescent above
ROM 925.6.2
photo: Laura Lipcsei, 2023
Diagram showing how ancient coins were minted by hand
Ancient #Greek #coins were handmade so mistakes happened when minting. The Seleucid coin has slipped between hammer strikes so the figure (Zeus) has a second pair of ghostly legs. It was still used because it was the correct weight of silver.
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Athenian silver tetradrachm coin showing the goddess Athena with a test cut over her mouth.
Minted in Athens about 449-412 BCE
ROM 978.305.4
Photo: Laura Lipcsei, 2023
Early #Greek #coins were made of solid silver (or gold) and were literally worth their weight in silver. Ancient Greeks would cut some coins with a chisel to check that they weren't fakes with a cheaper metal core disguised with silver plate.
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Silver tetradrachm of Alexander I made in Tyre (modern day Lebanon) in 146/5 BCE. It shows the portrait of Alexander I on the obverse and an eagle standing on a ship's prow with a palm branch over its shoulder and a club in front (and several inscriptions) on the reverse.
ROM 924.5.57 (https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/420927)
© Royal Ontario Museum
Photo (before cleaning): Laura Lipcsei, 2023
Silver tetradrachm of Alexander I made in Tyre (modern day Lebanon) in 146/5 BCE. It shows the portrait of Alexander I on the obverse and an eagle standing on a ship's prow with a palm branch over its shoulder and a club in front (and several inscriptions) on the reverse.
ROM 924.5.57 (https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/420927)
© Royal Ontario Museum
Photo (before cleaning): Laura Lipcsei, 2023
This 2nd century BCE #Greek #coin of the Seleucid ruler Alexander I is amazing! Just look at the feathers on this striding eagle (in @romtoronto.bsky.social). The detail is all so clear, even before cleaning.
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Photographs of an owl posing in front of an image of an Athenian coin and coin catalogues in the American School of Classical studies in the 1940s.
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photo: Kate Cooper, 2023
And just one more #owl and #Greek #coin from the AGR archives @romtoronto.bsky.social. These photos were taken in the American School of Classical Studies in Athens in the 1940s.
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large painting of an owl on the exterior wall of the Kimpton Saint George hotel, Toronto
Photo: Kate Cooper, 2023
Silver tetradrachm coin showing the owl of Athena on the reverse. Minted in Athens
ROM 922.44.39
© Royal Ontario Museum
Photo: Kate Cooper, 2023
Some of my favourite owls in Toronto while I get started over here! One from my walk into work, and the other from our #Greek #coin collection @romtoronto.bsky.social.
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