Vintage Ring With Antique Silver Coin Of Alexander The Great From The 3rd Century B.C.

Heir of Heracles

Vintage Ring With Antique Silver Coin Of Alexander The Great From The 3rd Century B.C.

€ 1,190.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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At first glance, owning a genuine object from antiquity seems far-fetched: keeping things that we are used to admiring in museums in our own homes? In the case of ancient coins, this is actually possible. These objects were minted in such large numbers 2000 years ago that so many examples have survived to this day that they do not all need to be kept in a museum. This gold ring holds one such ancient coin, a silver drachm. Drachms of this type were first minted in Macedonia during the reign of Alexander the Great (336 - 323 BC). The obverse shows the profile of the youthful Alexander in a lion's skin, dressed as Heracles. On the reverse is a depiction of Zeus. The father of the gods is depicted enthroned and holding an eagle in his right hand. In the 3rd century BC, Celtic imitations of the coins of Alexander and his half-brother Philip III were minted in the Danube region and in south-eastern Europe. They adopted the basic motifs of Heracles and Zeus, but reduced them to small, compact formats and increasingly dissolved the depictions into abstract forms. These coins thus combine Mediterranean models with an independent Celtic visual language and reflect the cultural exchange at the edges of the Hellenistic world. The ring holds the presumably Celtic silver drachm set in solid yellow gold in such a way that it could be removed at any time without damage. The world conqueror and Olympic god depicted on the coins are thus wearable companions and bear witness to the classical education of their wearer.

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Heir of Heracles

€ 1,190.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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