Ancient Greek - AR Tetradrachma - Attica (Athena and Owl) - Circa 440 - 404 BC

Denomination:  AR Tetradrachma Mint: Athens, Greece Date: Circa 440-404 BC   Weight: 17.19 gm Grade: NGC – 6330249-085 – AU – Strike 5/5- Surface 4/5 Mount: Custom Mount by NTJ.  14K gold (Bow wrapped around coin, with arrow)  Description: AR Tetradrachma. Early transitional issue. Obverse: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll. Reverse: Greek letters ΑΘΕ, owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig with berry and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square. 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