Coin of Athena on base. 17x20cm

Description

Sculpture in bas relief on base of synthetic resin.

Reproduction made ​​of reconstituted marble (marble powder with resin) with aged surface by the application of of natural earth.

Mesures : Hauteur : 20 cm. Largeur : 17 cm.

Relief of thecoinofAthena(17x16cm) coin of Athena. (490-486 BC) It is located in the Cabinet of Medals PM Paris. The Greeks were the inventors of coinage, because if it is true that were in Egypt and Mesopotamia used metal rods and bars for trade, the commercial cities of Ionia were the first to your metals impregnated for its purity, weight and value, while the VII century BC in this tetradrachms, originally of silver, were towards the end of the V century BC marked with the goddess Athena, goddess of reason, in profile, with almond eyes of the Oriental style and a brilliant resolution of the silver earring you bears.