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| Reference | Sear 6739 var | | Self bow | a bow made from one piece of wood | | Self bow | a bow made from one piece of wood | | Composite bow | a bow made of more than one material | | Obverse | Stag grazing, ΦΑΝΕΩΣ (retrograde) | | Reverse | Two incuse punches | | Obverse | Forepart of stag | | Reverse | Square incuse punch | | Obverse | Land tortoise | | Reverse | inscription AΙΓ[INAΤΟΝ] ([of the] Aeg[inetans]) "Aegina" and dolphin | | Obverse | head of the nymph Arethusa , surrounded by four swimming dolphins and a rudder | | Reverse | a racing quadriga , its charioteer crowned by the goddess Victory in flight | | Obverse | a portrait of Athena , patron goddess of the city, in helmet | | Reverse | the owl of Athens, with an olive sprig and the inscription "ΑΘΕ", short for ΑΘΕΝΑΙΟΝ, "of the Athenians " | | Obverse | Laureate head of Alexander Severus , KAI(ΣΑΡ) MAP(ΚΟΣ) AYP(ΗΛΙΟΣ) ΣЄY(ΑΣΤΟΣ) AΛЄΞANΔPOΣ ЄYΣЄ(ΒΗΣ) | | Reverse | Bust of Asclepius | Bronze 18mm (6.33 grams)
Polychrome small-scale model of the archer XI of the west pediment of the Temple of Aphaea , ca. 505–500 BCE
The basic elements of a bow are a pair of curved elastic limbs , traditionally made from wood , joined by a riser
Modern arrows are usually made from carbon fibre, aluminum, fiberglass, and wood shafts
Most modern arrows are 22 inches (56 cm) to 30 inches (76 cm) in length
A broadhead arrowhead is usually triangular or leaf-shaped and has a sharpened edge or edges
In this system, a longbow is any bow that is made from one material
Composite bows are made from two or more layers of different materials
In this scheme, simple bows are made of one material, backed bows are made of two layers, which could be similar or different materials
Composite bows are made of three different layers, usually different materials, but occasionally two of the layers are made from the same material
Polychrome small-scale model of the archer XI of the west pediment of the Temple of Aphaea , ca. 505–500 BCE
The basic elements of a bow are a pair of curved elastic limbs , traditionally made from wood , joined by a riser
Modern arrows are usually made from carbon fibre, aluminum, fiberglass, and wood shafts
Most modern arrows are 22 inches (56 cm) to 30 inches (76 cm) in length
A broadhead arrowhead is usually triangular or leaf-shaped and has a sharpened edge or edges
In this system, a longbow is any bow that is made from one material
Composite bows are made from two or more layers of different materials
In this scheme, simple bows are made of one material, backed bows are made of two layers, which could be similar or different materials
Composite bows are made of three different layers, usually different materials, but occasionally two of the layers are made from the same material
The immense issues of coinage made in the name of Alexander the Great for a topic which could occupy the pages of a large volume
:237 Various multiples of this denomination were also struck, including the trihemitetartemorion (literally three half-tetartemorioi) valued at 3/8 of an obol
Image Denomination Value Weight
Dekadrachm 10 drachmas 43 grams
Tetradrachm 4 drachmas 17.2 grams
Didrachm 2 drachmas 8.6 grams
Drachma 6 obols 4.3 grams
Tetrobol 4 obols 2.85 grams
Triobol (hemidrachm) 3 obols 2.15 grams
Diobol 2 obols 1.43 grams
Obol 4 tetartemorions 0.72 grams
Tritartemorion 3 tetartemorions 0.54 grams
Hemiobol 2 tetartemorions 0.36 grams
Trihemitartemorion 3/2 tetartemorions 0.27 grams
Tetartemorion 0.18 grams
Hemitartemorion ½ tetartemorion 0.09 grams Archaic period
These coins were made of electrum , an alloy of gold and silver that was highly prized and abundant in that area
Obv. Sea turtle with large pellets down center
Rev. incuse square with eight sections
As such coins circulated more widely, other cities began to mint coins to this "Aeginetan" weight standard of (6.1 grams to the drachm), other cities included their own symbols on the coins
Athenian coins, however, were struck on the "Attic" standard, with a drachm equaling 4.3 grams of silver
These coins, known as "owls" because of their central design feature, were also minted to an extremely tight standard of purity and weight
Gold 20- stater of Eucratides I , the largest gold coin ever minted in Antiquity
The design for the obverse was carved (in incuso ) into a block of bronze or possibly iron, called a die
The design of the reverse was carved into a similar punch
Another commemorative coin, a silver dekadrachm known as " Demareteion", was minted at Syracuse at approximately the same time to celebrate the defeat of the Carthaginians
On the obverse it bears a portrait of Arethusa or queen Demarete
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