Silver Athenian tetradrachm in the “new style,” depicting an owl standing atop a Panathenaic prize-a
Silver Athenian tetradrachm in the “new style,” depicting an owl standing atop a Panathenaic prize-amphora full of olive oil, surrounded by an olive-wreath. Artist unknown; ca. 200-150 BCE. Now in the Glyptothek, Munich. Photo credit: Matthias Kabel/Wikimedia Commons. -- source link
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