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#6390 Apollo & Athena Trichalka Bracelet
#6390 Apollo & Athena Trichalka Bracelet #6390 Apollo & Athena Trichalka Bracelet
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#6390 Apollo & Athena Trichalka Bracelet

$625.00


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  • Obverse: Apollo
  • Reverse: Athena
  • Date: Circa 196 - 146 BC
  • Region: Greece, Thessalian League
  • Bronze Trichalka Coin in 14k Gold Bezel on 8mm Wide Sterling Silver Hook Clasp Bracelet
  • Bracelet Size: 7.5", Framed Coin Size: 23mm Diameter, Weight 28g

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Description:
In Greek mythology, Apollo is one of the most important and many-sided of the Olympian deities. Apollo, the patron god of archers was recognized as a god of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; music, poetry, and the arts. He was the son of Zeus and as the patron of Delphi, Apollo was the prophetic deity of the Delphic Oracle. Medicine and healing were associated with Apollo and he was seen as a god who had the ability to cure. Athena brandishing a spear and holding a shield is depicted on the reverse. She was also the child of Zeus and the goddess of wisdom, peace, warfare, strategy, agricultural arts, handicrafts and reason. An armed warrior goddess, Athena appears in Greek mythology as a helper of many heroes, including Odysseus, Jason, and Heracles. In Classical Greek myths she never consorts with a lover, earning the title Athena Parthenos ("Athena the virgin"), hence the name of her most famous temple, the Parthenon, on the Acropolis in Athens. This Coin was struck following the great victory in the Second Macedonian War in 200 – 197 BC of the Roman General Flamininus over Philip V of Macedon. The defeated Philip V was forced to abandon all his possessions in Greece which freed the Greeks who formed the Thessalian League alliance and began issuing new autonomous coinage.