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EXHIBIT: WHITE GOLD: REVEALING THE WORLD'S EARLIEST COINSFrançois R. Velde writes: The Israel Museum in Jerusalem just opened an exhibit on electrum coinage, the world's first coins. It displays two stunning private collections in a small but exquisitely designed space. The exhibit runs until March 2013; for those who cannot attend, the website presents spectacular photographs.
Thanks. It does have some extraordinary high-relief photographs. Below is the description of one of the coins. Be sure to visit the site for more.
-Editor
Cyzicus. Ca. 500-460 BCE. Stater (15.98g). Phocaic standard. Winged Nike running left, looking back, holding tuna by tail before her. Nike, the personification of Victory, was usually depicted in Greek art as a winged female. She represented victory in all of its forms, in athletic, equestrian, and musicopoetic competitions, as well as military victory on the battlefield. Nike was often associated with Zeus and Athena, because victory was an attribute of both of these deities and a gift they could confer on the mortals they favored.
To visit the online exhibit, see:
White Gold: Revealing the World's Earliest Coins
(www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/2012/WhiteGold/index.html)
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