Ancient Greek -AR Tetradrachma - Athena & Owl - Circa 440-404 BC

Denomination:  AR Tetradrachma                                                            Mint: Egypt, Pharanic Kingdom Date: Circa 454-405 BCE                                                                       Grade: Very Fine Mount: 18K gold Description: Egypt, Pharaonic Kingdom. AR Tetradrachma. Uncertain Pharaoh(s). Circa 454-405 BCE. Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye.  Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incused square. Scrape to right of owl.  History: Athena was one of the most important goddesses in Greek mythology. She sprang full-grown and armored from the forehead of the god Zeus and was his favorite child. The Parthenon, in Athens, became hers because of her gift of the olive tree to the Athenian people. A sprig of the tree appears on her coin. Athena was primarily the goddess of the Greek cities, of industry and the arts, and, in later mythology, of wisdom; she was also goddess of war, a patron o