Der Mond auf den Münzen von Athen

Abstract

The high archaic coins of Athens with Pallas Athena and the owl were followed in the first quarter of the fifth century by a younger series, marked by three olive leaves on the goddess's helmet and by a small crescent moon between the owl's head and the olive spray. These tetradrachms dominated the money market of the Greek world until the death of Alexander, remained for commercial reasons almost unchanged until 229 BC and were imitated even in Asia Minor, India, Arabia and Egypt. The date of their origin is unclear: Head went back as far as 527, Six decided on stylistic grounds for Marathon, Lermann for 480, and Babelon fixed the year 490 by means of the finds from the Persian debris of the Acropolis and from the Xerxes canal. The author holds the question open, because neither find was recovered in a sound manner.

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Suggested citation

Sorge, Hermann: Der Mond auf den Münzen von Athen. In: Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 2 (1950/51), pp. 7–13.

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