id: 101484 accession number: 1920.267.b share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.267.b updated: 2022-04-05 09:00:33.252000 Tetradrachm: Owl, Crescent Moon, Olive Branch (reverse), 480–449 BC. Greek, minted at Athens (Attica). Silver; diameter: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Harold W. Parsons 1920.267.b title: Tetradrachm: Owl, Crescent Moon, Olive Branch (reverse) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 480–449 BC creation date earliest: -480 creation date latest: -449 current location: creditline: Gift of Harold W. Parsons copyright: --- culture: Greek, minted at Athens (Attica) technique: silver department: Greek and Roman Art collection: GR - Greek type: Coins find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: ΑΘΕ translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Stories From Storage opening date: 2021-02-07T05:00:00 Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: The three letters—ΑΘΕ—mark this as an Athenian coin. digital description: Incorporating the first three letters of the city name—ΑΘΕ—with then-iconic images of the patron goddess Athena and her owl, the Athenian tetradrachm was among the most widely traded and most recognizable coins of the ancient world. The olive leaves on Athena’s helmet and the small crescent moon behind the owl date this coin after the Persian Wars. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.267.b/1920.267.b_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.267.b/1920.267.b_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.267.b/1920.267.b_full.tif