Athenian Tetradrachm Coin - Athena and the Owl of Wisdom #16538 (License: Personal Use)

This black-and-white line drawing replicates a high-relief Athenian tetradrachm, one of antiquity’s most influential coins. The obverse shows Athena in profile wearing a crested Attic helmet adorned with serpents and floral motifs; the reverse features her sacred owl perched beside an olive sprig and the inscription ΑΘΕ (short for ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ, “of the Athenians”). Minted during Athens’ Golden Age, these coins circulated widely across the Mediterranean and served as both currency and propaganda.

Used on educational, numismatic, or museum web pages to illustrate classical Greek coinage, history, or mythology; targets users researching ancient economies, archaeology, or Athenian culture.