ATTICA. ATHENS. "Coins of arms." AR-Obol, 545/515 B.C. ==References== 0.55 g. Gorgoneion//Diagonal divided incusum. Hoover 1655; Seltman Pl. IV, υ; Svoronos Pl. I, 67. R Min. corroded, very nice + From the Antissa Collection.Exemplary of the Concordia Numismatic 1 auction, Tumeltsham 2023, No. 355 (where wrongly designated as a piece of Parion (Mysia).Athens did not use a uniform motif for his earliest coins like other poleis (such as Aegina with the turtle), but different images (e.g. a cart wheel, a triskelis, a horse or - as in the case of the present ==References====External links== These images can also be found as signposts of Athenian warriors on Attic vases, which is why these motifs were formerly thought to be "craps" of important Athenic families. The pieces, however, are clearly from a central mint; the interpretation of the manifold avers motifs as "mouses" is outdated. Angela Berthold and Bernhard Weisser connect the avers motifs with the attributes of the Athena and the Panathena Games. The Gorgoneion on this piece is depicted here as an attribute of the Athena, see Berthold, Angela/Weisser, Bernhard, Athens and Syracuse. Economic thinking and ingenious artists, in: J. Völlnagel - Mr. Wullen (eds.), Immortal! The cult of the artist, Munich 2008, pp. 27 ff.