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Obols ( obelos =spit) found at the Heraion (Sanctuary of Hera) at Argos in 1892. A handful ( drax or d rachme ) of iron spits. Electrum coin from Lydia. Athenian coin denominations 6 obols =a drachma 4 drachmas=a tetradrachm. Silver drachma from Delphi dolphin = delphis.
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Obols (obelos=spit) found at the Heraion (Sanctuary of Hera) at Argos in 1892
A handful (drax or drachme) of iron spits
Athenian coin denominations 6 obols=a drachma 4 drachmas=a tetradrachm
Silver drachma from Delphi dolphin=delphis Tetradrachma of Rhodes, ca. 200 BCE rose=rhodon
Tetradrachm (= 4 drachmas) from Athens (owl coin), ca. 450-440 BCE
Pottery and the World of Women (cnt’d) A bit on ARF (Attic Red-Figure) Painters
Hydria depicting women at the fountainhouse, attributed to the Priam Painter, ca. 520 BCE
Epinetron (Onos), Louvre, ca.500-480 BCE, attributed to the Diosophos Painter
Lebesgamikos (gamikos= having to do with marriage)
Attic White Ground Lekythos attributed to the Achilles Painter, ca. 445 BCE(Munich, detail of a muse, probably Kalliope, playing a lyre
Belly Amphora (Name Vase) by the Achilles Painter, ca. 450 BCE (Vatican Museums)