Sacred Athena

Athena and owl tetradrachm

Tetradrachm: Head of Athena (obverse); Owl (reverse), 449–440 BCE. The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1941.296.

Tetradrachm: Head of Athena (obverse); Owl (reverse), 449–440 BCE. The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1941.296.

Caption note One object with two faces, not two separate artworks. It is a silver Athenian tetradrachm, not a temple token. Combined TIFF is 5,170 × 2,549 px.

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