Athena's Greek Coin, a pendant. 14K.
"Mark of Athena" Athena and the Owl: (330-333 B.C.)
Head of Athena wearing a crested helmet with olive leaves and floral scroll.
Size: Diameter= 2.5 cm. Diameter= 0.98 inch.
Goddess of wisdom, war and the crafts, and favorite daughter of Zeus, Athena was, perhaps, the wisest, most courageous, and certainly the most resourceful of the Olympian gods.
The owl was a symbol for Athena, goddess of wisdom and strategy before the Greeks gave their pantheon human forms. According to myth, an owl sat on Athena's blind side, so that she could see the whole truth. In Ancient Greece, the owl was a symbol of a higher wisdom, and it was also a guardian of the Acropolis.