COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
AIC_.1923.1130
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AIC_.1923.1130
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
1999
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1999
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
false
Creator Name:
Unknown
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Unknown
Creator Name
false
Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Mediterranean
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European; Southern European; Mediterranean
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Dates/Places:
Ancient Greece Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient
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Ancient Greece Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient
Creator Dates/Places
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Greek
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Greek
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Coin Showing the Goddess Athena
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Coin Showing the Goddess Athena
Title
false
Title Type:
preferred
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preferred
Title Type
false
Title:
Reverse: Owl on olive branch
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Reverse: Owl on olive branch
Title
false
Title Type:
alternate
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alternate
Title Type
false
View:
obverse
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obverse
View
false
Creation Date:
Archaic Period, c. 490 B.C.
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Archaic Period, c. 490 B.C.
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
-500
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-500
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
-480
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-480
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Silver tetradrachm
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Silver tetradrachm
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Coin
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Coin
Classification Term
false
Subject Description:
Athens was among the first to put the face of its tutelary goddess on its coins. Athena's owl and her gift to Athens, the olive, appear on the reverse.
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Athens was among the first to put the face of its tutelary goddess on its coins. Athena's owl and her gift to Athens, the olive, appear on the reverse.
Subject Description
false
Creation Place:
Europe,Greece,Greater Athens,Athens
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Europe,Greece,Greater Athens,Athens
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
Diameter: 2.4 cm (1 in.)
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Diameter: 2.4 cm (1 in.)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1923.1130
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1923.1130
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. William Nelson Pelouze
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. William Nelson Pelouze
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>
Rights
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.D12623.TIF
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AIC_.D12623.TIF
Related Image Identifier Link
false