He was respected as an allfather who was chief of the gods, who rules from Mount Olympus. His name is cognate with his Roman equivalent Jupiter. He was regarded as the sender of thunder and lightning, rain, and winds, and his traditional weapon was the thunderbolt. This stunning coin is based on the Statue of Zeus which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. This was a giant seated figure, about 12.4 m (41 ft) tall, made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the sanctuary of Olympia, Greece, and erected in the Temple of Zeus.
Zeus sat on a painted cedarwood throne ornamented with ebony, ivory, gold, and precious stones. Struck in 3 ounces of silver and then covered with gold. Serial number struck on the coin. The statue was lost and destroyed during the 5th century AD. Details of its form are known only from ancient Greek descriptions and representations on coins.This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Coins: World\Australia & Oceania\South Pacific". The seller is "silvergirl555" and is located in this country: US.
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