Mint of Athens

E347613

ancient mint archaeological site

The Mint of Athens was an ancient Greek facility in the Athenian Agora where the city’s coinage, including its famous silver drachmas, was produced.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Athenian mint	1
Laurion silver mines	1
Mint of Athens canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient mint ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWith	Athenian democracy ⓘ Athenian economy ⓘ Athenian imperial coinage ⓘ
coinTypeProduced	Athenian drachma ⓘ surface form: Athenian owl drachma owl tetradrachm ⓘ
country	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ
currencyStandard	Attic standard ⓘ
depictionOnCoins	head of Athena ⓘ owl of Athena ⓘ
economyRole	production of state coinage ⓘ support of Athenian military finance ⓘ support of Athenian trade ⓘ
governedBy	Athenian financial officials ⓘ Athenian magistrates ⓘ
hasSiteType	industrial facility ⓘ public building ⓘ
heritageStatus	archaeological remains ⓘ
languageOfInscription	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Ancient Agora of Athens ⓘ surface form: Athenian Agora Athens ⓘ Attica ⓘ Greece ⓘ
locatedNear	other public buildings of the Athenian Agora ⓘ
materialUsed	silver ⓘ
operatedBy	polis of Athens ⓘ surface form: Athenian polis city of Athens ⓘ
ownedBy	Athenian Empire ⓘ surface form: Athenian state
partOf	urban center of Classical Athens ⓘ
period	Classical period of Ancient Greece ⓘ
product	Athenian drachma ⓘ Athenian silver coinage ⓘ Athenian tetradrachm ⓘ
regionServed	Athenian Empire ⓘ Delian League ⓘ
relatedTo	Ancient Agora of Athens ⓘ surface form: Athenian Agora excavations
significance	major center of coin production in the ancient Greek world ⓘ source of the famous Athenian owl coins ⓘ
technologyUsed	struck coinage ⓘ
timeOfUse	4th century BCE ⓘ 5th century BCE ⓘ
usedFor	coin production ⓘ minting of drachmas ⓘ minting of silver coins ⓘ minting of tetradrachms ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ancient Agora of Athens → hasPart → Mint of Athens ⓘ

Ways and Means → discusses → Mint of Athens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Laurion silver mines

ΑΘΕ (abbreviation of Athēnaiōn) → usedBy → Mint of Athens ⓘ

subject surface form: ΑΘΕ

this entity surface form: Athenian mint