Athens Mint

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Athens Mint was the principal ancient Greek mint in the city of Athens, renowned for producing the influential silver coinage that underpinned Athenian trade and power.

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instanceOf ancient mint
coin mint
archaeologicalEvidence Athenian coin hoards across Mediterranean
associatedDeity Athena
associatedWith Athenian democracy
Athenian maritime empire
coinStandard Attic weight system
surface form: Attic weight standard
country Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
currencyProduced Athenian obol
Athenian drachma
surface form: Athenian silver drachma

Athenian tetradrachm
economicRole facilitated Athenian trade
principal mint of Athens
producer of Athenian state coinage
supported Athenian imperial finances
historicalEra Archaic Greece
Classical Greece
Hellenistic period
iconographyFeatured crescent moon
Gorgoneion
surface form: head of Athena

olive sprig
owl of Athena
influence influenced coin designs of other Greek poleis
standardized silver coinage in the eastern Mediterranean
inscriptionFeatured ΑΘΕ (abbreviation for Athenians)
languageOfInscriptions Ancient Greek
locatedIn Athenian polis
Athens
Attica
materialUsed silver
metalSourceRegion Athenian silver mines
surface form: Laurion mines
notableCoinType Athenian owl tetradrachm
operatedBy polis of Athens
surface form: Athenian polis

Athenian Empire
surface form: Athenian state
peakActivity 5th century BCE
politicalRole instrument of Athenian hegemony in the Aegean
productCharacteristic consistent weight standard
high silver fineness
widely trusted coinage
productCirculationRegion Aegean Sea region
Black Sea trade routes
Persian Empire territories
eastern Mediterranean
startActivityApprox late 6th century BCE
usedFor financing Athenian navy
large-scale commercial transactions
payment of mercenaries
tribute payments within the Delian League

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Athenian drachma mintedAt Athens Mint