Athena + Nike - AR Tetradrachm - CIR 150 BCE

Denomination: AR Tetradrachma Mint: Pamphylia Grade: NGC 6327034-006 XF. Strike 4/5, Surface 2/5 Date: Circa 200-100 BCE   Weight: 15.48 gm Description: Ancient Pamphylia. Side. AR Tetradrachm. Circa 205-100 BCE. Obverse: Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head. Reverse: Nike flying left, wreath in outstretched right hand, fold of stola in left; pomegranate in left field. 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 of the agricultural arts and of the crafts of women, especially spinning and weaving, among her gifts to man