Artist: Danish Unknown Goldsmith
متحف: San Antonio Museum of Art (San Antonio, United States)
تقنية: Gold
Following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C., a period of political upheaval ensued as his commanders and their successors vied for control of his former empire. This small gold coin attests to the turmoil experienced by the city of Athens during these years. Under siege and cut off from the Laurion silver mines, the Athenian tyrant Lachares had to find alternative sources of metal for the coins needed to pay his troops. As a last resort, he stripped the gold from the famous cult statue of Athena in the Parthenon and melted down other dedications from the Acropolis. This stater is one of the few surviving gold coins minted by Lachares from these extraordinary sources. The images on the obverse (front) and reverse (back) of the stater had appeared on the city
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