STUNNING DOUBLE OPEN RING GREEK ATHENA BRONZE COIN PENDANT

IN 14KY GOLD 

450 - 350 B.C.

Bold and breath-taking, this double open ring custom pendant setting handsomely showcases a stunning, GENUINE ancient Greek bronze coin of the goddess Athena.  The immaculate detail and rare preservation proudly displays the finest artwork of Classic Greece.  This is ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF THIS COIN I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS!  The ancient bronze has a wonderful luster beneath its darkened patina which wonderfully brings out the detail of the diademed female head in profile.  The custom-made, high polished 14K yellow gold pendant setting contrasts well with the ancient bronze.  Not easily seen in the photo above is the extraordinary high relief of the female head with detail and appearance that is even nicer in person than photographs.  With its large bail, this pendant can easily fit on wide Omega chains as well as a host of other style large necklaces.  This is one piece that will be the talk of any gathering where it is worn.  Certainly, you wouldn't have to worry about someone else showing up with one like it!  A one-of-a-kind masterpiece of modern jewelry craftsmanship and authentic ancient Greek art.

In Greek mythology, the goddess Athena is perhaps one of the most famous and prominent deities of the ancient culture.  Athena was born the daughter of Zeus and his first wife, Metos (Wisdom).  An oracle of Gaea then prophesied that Metis' first child would be a girl but her second would be a boy that would overthrow Zeus as had happened to his father and grandfather.  As Metos was about to give birth, Zeus swallowed her, but was soon tortured by a severe headache.  As a cure, Hephaestus split his skull with an ax and from the wound sprang a fully armed Athena.  Due to the nature of her birth, she has dominion over all things of the intellect.

Athena was a major Greek goddess serving many roles.  She was a virgin goddess and is always represented fully clothed, usually in armor and often holding a spear.  Best known as the patron goddess of the city of Athens, on whose coins she is usually featured, she was a warrior goddess charged with protecting many cities and acropoli.  As goddess of the arts of peace she was prayed to by sculptors, architects and practitioners of handicrafts such as weaving and spinning.  As a goddess of wisdom she adopted the owl as her symbol and watched over assembly in the agora.  She also had agriculture duties, responsible for the fruiting of olive trees and charged with the protection of horses and oxen.

Overall diameter is 32 mm.

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