ZEUS - WREATH / ACHAIAN LEAGUE - 86 BC. AR Hemidrachm SILVER Coin +COA / GGcoins

Description

ACHAIAN LEAGUE - Achaia
Ancient Greek Issuer:  Patrae
Struck / minted; circa exactly;
86 BC.
SILVER-
AR Hemidrachm
Size:
14.mm  /
Weight:
2.37gm
Obverse:
Laureate head of
Zeus
facing right...
Reverse:
Large
AX
monogram center,
ΦΙ
above,
ΞE
left,
ΠΑ
right,
dolphin
below, all within
wreath...
Ref:
Clerk 73,    SNG Cop 253
Personalized COA included
The Coin:
An excellent example of a rare SILVER B.C.
era coin
,
dated
exactly to 86 BC.
Well before the time of Christ,  A coin which
saw little use
before it found a safe place
to wait out the centuries.
Always Authentic,  I have never knowingly sold a copy or reproduction!
As grading
is subjective please Judge the coin photos to determine this for yourself.
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History: of coin images
Zeus,
in ancient Greek religion, chief deity of the pantheon, a sky and weather god who
was identical with the Roman god Jupiter. His name clearly comes from that of the sky god
Dyaus of the ancient Hindu Rigveda. Zeus was regarded as the sender of thunder and lightning,
rain, and winds, and his traditional weapon was the thunderbolt. He was called the father
(i.e., the ruler and protector) of both gods and men.
According to a Cretan myth that was later adopted by the Greeks, Cronus, king of the Titans,
upon learning that one of his children was fated to dethrone him, swallowed his children as
soon as they were born. But Rhea, his wife, saved the infant Zeus by substituting a stone
wrapped in swaddling clothes for Cronus to swallow and hiding Zeus in a cave on Crete.
There he was nursed by the nymph (or female goat) Amalthaea and guarded by the Curetes
(young warriors), who clashed their weapons to disguise the baby’s cries.
After Zeus grew to manhood he led a revolt against the Titans and succeeded in dethroning
Cronus, perhaps with the assistance of his brothers Hades and Poseidon, with whom he then
divided dominion over the world.
As ruler of heaven Zeus led the gods to victory against the Giants (offspring of Gaea and Tartarus)
and successfully crushed several revolts against him by his fellow gods. According to the Greek
poet Homer, heaven was located on the summit of Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece and
the logical home for a weather god. The other members of the pantheon resided there with Zeus
and were subject to his will.
From his exalted position atop Mount Olympus Zeus was thought to omnisciently observe the
ffairs of men, seeing everything, governing all, and rewarding good conduct and punishing evil.
Besides dispensing justice—he had a strong connection with his daughter Dike (Justice)—Zeus was
the protector of cities, the home, property, strangers, guests, and supplicants.
Zeus was well known for his amorousness—a source of perpetual discord with his wife,
Hera—and he had many love affairs with both mortal and immortal women.
In order to achieve his amorous designs, Zeus frequently assumed animal forms, such as that
of a cuckoo when he ravished Hera, a swan when he ravished Leda, or a bull when he carried
off Europa. Notable among his offspring were the twins Apollo and Artemis, by the Titaness Leto;
Helen and the Dioscuri, by Leda of Sparta; Persephone, by the goddess Demeter; Athena, born
from his head after he had swallowed the Titaness Metis; Hephaestus, Hebe, Ares, and Eileithyia,
by his wife, Hera; Dionysus, by the goddess Semele; and many others.
In art Zeus was represented as a bearded, dignified, and mature man of stalwart build; his most
prominent symbols were the thunderbolt and the eagle.
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