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Solid Sterling Silver Rare Athena's Owl Coin Pendant Charm Necklace W/W.O Chain
$ 43.53
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Description
Warrior GoddessSince ancient times,
the owl and the olive branch have been featured on
the Athenian currency to spread the
values of the city’s patroness,
Athena,
whose virtue represents
victory, peace, and wisdom.
The owl
The owl’s ability to see in the darkness,
represents wisdom;
the olive branch
is a symbol of the goddess’s peaceful
victory
over Poseidon for the city of Athens.
These sacred symbols propagated Athenian
values
of victory, peace, and wisdom throughout
the ancient world,
and are still
featured on the Greek €1 coin.
These Owl coins funded the building of the
Acropolis and
Parthenon in Athens,
as well as funding the
Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC)
between
Athens and Sparta.
Origin
This particular owl coin pendant was
cast from
the original museum piece in Chicago,
for their museum store.
Size
Coin = U.S quarter size,
twice the thickness.
18 inch Sterling silver chain.
Metal
Solid sterling silver, no plating!
Individually aged with old world
silversmithing technique.
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