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Athena and her owl In Greek mythology, a Little Owl baby (Athene noctua) traditionally represents or accompanies Athena, the virgin goddess of wisdom, or Minerva, her syncretic incarnation in Roman mythology. Because of such association, the bird often referred to as the "owl of Athena" or the "owl of Minerva" has been used as a symbol of knowledge, wisdom, perspicacity and erudition throughout the Western world.
The reasons behind the association of Athena and the owl are lost in time. Some mythographers, such as David Kinsley and Martin P. Nilsson suggest that she may descend from a Minoan palace goddess associated with birds and Marija Gimbutas claim to trace Athena's origins as an Old European bird and snake goddess.
On the other hand, Cynthia Berger theorizes about the appeal of some characteristics of owls such as their ability to see in the dark to be used as symbol of wisdom while others, such as William Geoffrey Arnott, propose a simple association between founding myths of Athens and the significant number of Little Owls in the region (a fact noted since antiquity by Aristophanes in The Birds and Lysistrata).
In any case, the city of Athens seems to have adopted the owl as proof of allegiance to its patron virgin goddess, which according to a popular etiological myth reproduced on the West pediment of the Parthenon, secured the favor of its citizens by providing them with a more enticing gift than Poséidon.
Owls were commonly reproduced by Athenians in vases, weights and prize amphoras for the Panathenaic Games. The owl of Athena even became the common obverse of the Athenian tetradrachms after 510 BC and according to Philochorus, the Athenian tetradrachm was known as glaux throughout the ancient world and "owl" in present day numismatics. They were not, however, used exclusively by them to represent Athena and were even used for motivation during battles by other Greek cities, such as in the victory of Agathocles of Syracuse over the Carthaginians in 310 B.C. in which owls flying through the ranks were interpreted as Athena’s blessing or in the Battle of Salamis, chronicled in Plutarch's biography of Themistocles.
(Source: Wikipédia)
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Athena. Classical Beauty Fifth century BCc 431/ 415 BC
"Archaic style" head of Athena, wearing crested helmet ornamented with olive leaves and floral scroll, on Athen tetradrachm

I consider this coin as historical to the extent that athenian owl tetradrachm was the first widely used international coinage.

Here, all the coin :
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AtheneLa fortune d'Athènes au Ve siècle repose en grande partie sur la récupération du trésor de la Ligue de Délos qui ne contenait pas moins de cinq mille talents d'argent et qui servit à enrichir et embellir Athènes en opprimant les Alliés. La guerre du Péloponnèse (431-404 avant J.-C.) mit fin à l'hégémonie athénienne. Périclès (449-429 avant J.-C.) ne vécut pas assez longtemps pour assister à la chute de la cité. Thucydide a immortalisé ce conflit dans son ouvrage consacré à la guerre du Péloponnèse dont il fut l'un des acteurs avant d'être lui-même ostracisé, c'est-à-dire exiléB*Numis
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Athens - tetradrachmAttique, Athènes 483-480 BC Tétradrachme 16,6g
A:/ Tête d'Athéna à dr. coiffée d'un casque attique à cimier, les cheveux rangés en petites nattes autour du front.
R:/ (A)θE Chouette debout à droite, la tête de face , à g. une pousse d'Olivier.
Seltman Groupe E, Svoronos pl.3, 25-39
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Athens - tetradrachmAttique, Athènes 490-482 BC Tétradrachme 17.08g
A:/ Tête d'Athéna à dr. coiffée d'un casque attique à cimier, les cheveux rangés en petites vagues autour du front tombant sur la tempe en natte.
R:/ AθE Chouette debout à droite, la tête de face , à g. une pousse d'Olivier.
Seltman Groupe M, Svoronos pl.5 34
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Athens - tetradrachmAttique, Athènes 505-490 BC Tétradrachme 16.77g
A:/ Tête d'Athéna à dr. coiffée d'un casque attique à cimier, les cheveux rangés en petites nattes.
R:/ AθE Chouette debout à droite, la tête de face , à g. une pousse d'Olivier.
Seltman Groupe L n°330 (A214/P275), Svoronos pl.6 11
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Greek, Athens, Attica, Tetradrachm - Tétradrachme, Chouette, Athènes, 454-415 avant J.-C (Argent)
Avers : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque attique à cimier, orné de trois feuilles d'olivier et d'une palmette avec collier et boucles d'oreilles.
Revers : Chouette debout à droite, la tête de face ; derrière, une branche d'olivier et un croissant ; le tout dans les restes d'un carré creux.
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Henri II de Montpensier (1592-1608), Jeton- 1594Atelier de Trevoux
HENRY.P. SOVERAIN D DOMBES.DD.MONTPENSIER rosette. Ecu de Bourbon entouré des colliers des ordres du roi
ÆQVVS VTERQVE LABOR, deux boucliers, l'un portant une tete de meduse, l'autre une chouette surmontés d'un soleil
A l'exergue : 1594
4.1 gr, 28 mm
Ref : voir Sirand # 25 pour un exemplaire en argent
Voir egalement : Pierre Pradel, Catalogue des jetons de la Bibliothèque nationale. Princes et princesses de la Maison de France, 1936, pour un exemplaire en argent et trois en laiton
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