EARRINGS ARE FOUR HORSE CHARIOT AND RIDDER " OFABI" MINT
REVERSE IS ---- XLABEO " MINERVAS SHIELD ( HEAD OF MEDUSA ) ROMA
MINERVA , MENRVA , OR MENERVA THA GODDESS OF WAR , WISDOM AND MEDICINE
MINERVA IS THE RIDDER OF THE CHARIOT , AFTER MINERVA GAVE PERSEUS THE SECRET TO KILL MEDUSA , PERSEUS THEN GAVE MINERVA THE HEAD OF SLAIN MEDUSA . MINERVA THEN ATTACHED THE HEAD TO THE FRONT OF HER SHIELD TO TURN HER ENEMIES TO STONE .. MINERVAS GREEK NAME WAS "ATHENE" AS MINERVA MEDICA HER SYMBOL WAS THE OWL ...
VERY FINE +++ CONDITION BOTH SIDES
COIN IS APPROX.18MM
SUPER HIGH DETAIL/ HIGH COIN RELIEF GREAT QUALITY ATTRIBUTABLE
SOLID REAR POSTS
FREE BONUS!!!!!!
1 ADDITIONAL SILVER DENARIUS (MY CHOICE)
*****REPRODUCTIONS***** , THESE RINGS AND COINS AND PENDANTS ARE HANDMADE AND RESEMBLE COIN JEWELRY OF THE ANCIENT TIMES. FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS GOLD AND SILVER ANCIENT JEWELRY WAS MELTED DOWN BECAUSE ITS FINDER THOUGHT ITS VALUE WAS IN THE METEL .TODAY ITS VALUE AS AN ARTIFACT , ANCIENT JEWELRY OR ANCIENT ARTWORK HOPEFULLY PREVENTS SUCH A FATE .THE ANCIENT GREEKS CONSIDERED GOLD IMMORTAL ,NOTHING ERODES IT , IT WAS ZUES' GIFT TO THE MORTALS . THEREFORE GOLD ANCIENT JEWELRY SURVIVED THOUSANDS OF YEARS (AND COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ) SILVER ON THE OTHER HAND , DUE TO ITS PERISHABLE NATURE , DOES NOT SURVIVE FROM ANTIQUITY AS WELL. THAT MAKES SILVER ANCIENT JEWELRY EVEN MORE RARE THAN ONE OF GOLD.
THESE ARE NOT CLOSE KNOCKOFFS THESE ARE EXACT DUPLICTES OF AN ACCUAL ANCIENT COIN. ARE YOU SICK OF RECEIVING BRONZE COINS AFTER SEVERAL PEOPLE BEFORE YOU PICKED OUT THE NICE SILVER AND GOLD PIECES. WELL HERES YOUR CHANCE TO GET SOME SILVER AND GOLD IN YOUR COLLECTION ( I ALWAYS GIVE MORE THAN SHOWN ) KEEP ME LOGGED IN AS A FAVORITE SELLER , .....
THESE ITEMS TAKE HOURS AND HOURS TO MAKE , THIS IS DONE FOR MY LOVE OF THE ANCIENT COIN AND OBVIOUSLY NOT FOR PROFIT. PLEASE ASK ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU BUY AND ONLY IF YOU INTEND TO LEAVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
TO SEE A TRUELY MAGNIFICENT ANCIENT COIN RING COLLECTION ( MANY LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO MINE) :
A.B.CHADOUR , RINGS , THE ALICE AND LOUIS KOCH COLLECTION . VOLUME 1 1994 392f
ALSO THE GREEK NATIONAL MUSEUM IN ATHENS HAS A COLLECTION OF ANCIENT JEWELRY AND COIN RINGS THAT WOULD MAKE YOU WANT TO CRY ........