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    THE WISE OLD OWL

    Mar 01, 2020 2 minutes

    Fondly known as owls, much of the modern allure of the Greek tetradrachm is due to their iconic imagery but, to the ancient world, the tetradrachm’s appeal was about more than just aesthetics.

    According to Greek mythology, the Olympian gods so loved Athens that they held a competition to win the favour of it inhabitants. Finally just

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