500 Years of the Athenian quotOwlquot an Introduction

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Please consider a donation to the ANS or becoming a member. Visit us at http://numismatics.org/membership/ • In this video ANS Chief Curator Dr. Peter van Alfen reviews the long history of Athenian silver coinage, from its beginnings in the mid-sixth century BC under the tyrant Peisistratus to the culmination of Athenian silver coin production under Roman control in the first century BC. • Search the ANS’s collection of Athenian coinage: http://numismatics.org/search/results... • Coins seen in this video: • Wappenmünze with wheel, ca. 530 BC: http://numismatics.org/collection/194... • Wappenmünze with horse’s rear end, ca. 530 BC: http://numismatics.org/collection/194... • Gorgoneion, ca. 525 BC: http://numismatics.org/collection/194... • “Owl” tetradrachm, ca. 515–480 BC: http://numismatics.org/collection/195... • “Owl” tetradrachm, ca. 460 BC: http://numismatics.org/collection/194... • “Owl” decadrachm, ca. 460 BC: http://numismatics.org/collection/196... • “Owl” tetradrachm, ca. 430 BC: http://numismatics.org/collection/199... • Syracusan tetradrachm, ca. 410 BC: http://numismatics.org/collection/199... • “Pi-style” owl tetradrachm, ca. 350 BC: http://numismatics.org/collection/194... • “Four-fingered” style owl tetradrachm, ca. 280 BC: http://numismatics.org/collection/194... • “New Style” owl tetradrachm, ca. 150 BC: http://numismatics.org/collection/194... • Roman-period owl tetradrachm, ca. 70 BC: http://numismatics.org/collection/194... • For further reading: • The Athenian Empire: Using Coins as Sources: http://services.cambridge.org/us/acad... • See also Peter van Alfen’s overview of Athenian coinage in this volume: • https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/... • Please visit our online bookstore: • http://numismatics.org/store/ • Check out the exciting offerings in our new eBay store: • https://www.ebay.com/usr/american-num...

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