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10 euro 2015 Proof Archimidis
Greek collectible silver proof coin with a face value of 10 euros, Greek culture - Philosophers Archimedes, maximum number of 1,500 pieces, Bank of Greece mint, issued in 2015.
The photo is indicative, the coin you will receive is in the original box along with the certificate of authenticity.
Archimedes was born in 287 BC in Syracuse, Sicily, where he lived most of his life and died in 212 BC during the city’s capture by the Romans. It is very likely that young Archimedes studied in Alexandria, Egypt, the centre of learning for the Greek world. He is remembered as the greatest mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor and astronomer of his time. According to the famous anecdote, when Archimedes figured out the physical law of buoyancy (“Archimedes’ principle”) while in his bath, such was his excitement that he forgot to dress and took to the street naked, shouting “eureka”. He pushed the boundaries in a number of fields, primarily in mathematics with his method for accurately approximating the value of π (“Archimedes’ constant”), but also in engineering with his law of the lever and in hydraulics with his major breakthroughs. He is credited with numerous inventions, such as the hydraulic screw pump (known as the Archimedes’ screw) and the compound pulley. He also famously used his ingenuity to help defend his city against the Romans, building a number of innovative defensive devices to destroy their warships.
| Issuer | Greece  |
|---|---|
| Ruling authority | Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date) |
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 2015 |
| Value | 10 Euros (10 EUR) |
| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.925) |
| Weight | 34.10 g |
| Diameter | 40 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
10 euro 2015 Proof Aristophanes
Greek collectible silver proof coin with a face value of 10 euros, for the Ancient Comedy Series - Aristophanes, maximum number of 1.500 pieces, Bank of Greece mint, issued in 2015.
Aristophanes was the greatest Greek comic playwright of the 5th century BC and eleven of his comedies have survived complete. Comedy in the days of Aristophanes, flourishing in a context of free speech in democratic Athens, was strongly political. In his works, Aristophanes criticised the failings of his city, speaking out against the war (Acharnians, Peace, Lysistrata) and deriding his fellow citizens for their flaws (Wasps, Birds). He also caricatured prominent figures of his time (Socrates in Clouds, Euripides in Thesmophoriazusae and Cleon in Knights) and even reflected on a poet’s role in society (Frogs). The works of Aristophanes, bold, caustic and yet remarkably discerning, ring true to this day, as shown by the frequent stagings of his plays by contemporary theatre companies. The photo is indicative, the coin you will receive is in the original box along with the certificate of authenticity.
| Issuer | Greece |
|---|---|
| Ruling authority | Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date) |
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 2015 |
| Value | 10 Euros (10 EUR) |
| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.925) |
| Weight | 34.10 g |
| Diameter | 40 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
10 euro 2016 Proof Democritus
Greek collectible silver proof coin with a face value of 10 euros, for Democritus (460-370 BC), maximum number of 2,000 pieces, Bank of Greece mint, issued in 2016.
The photo is indicative, the coin you will receive is in the original box along with the certificate of authenticity.
Demokritos is considered the forefather of modern atomic theory. He was born in Abdera, Thrace, and mentored by Lefkippos. His extensive travels in Ionia brought him into contact with the teachings of the great Ionian philosophers (Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Herakleitos). A truly universal spirit, he was erudite in almost all fields of human knowledge, as evidenced by the diversity of his writings on ethics, physics, mathematics, music, cosmology and technology, and visited many places of the then known world. According to his atomic theory, all material bodies consist of invisible, indestructible, unalterable and indivisible particles, which he called atoma (“atoms”), the Greek word for “indivisible”. In reaction to Parmenides’s static philosophy, Demokritos saw the world as being in constant motion and change. He also refuted the concept of teleology, i.e. that there is an underlying purpose to everything. Demokritos was the last of the great pre-Socratic philosophers, who were to have a profound influence on modern philosophy.
| Issuer | Greece |
|---|---|
| Ruling authority | Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date) |
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 2016 |
| Value | 10 Euros (10 EUR) |
| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.925) |
| Weight | 34.1 g |
| Diameter | 40 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
10 euro 2016 Proof Menander
Greek collectible silver proof coin with a face value of 10 euros, Greek Culture - new comedy Menander, maximum number of 2,000 pieces, Bank of Greece mint, issued in 2016.
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The Athenian comic playwright Menander was the most prominent representative of New Comedy. In contrast to the Old Comedy of Aristophanes, comedy in Menander’s time moved away from political satire, concentrating instead on stock characters (the superstitious man, the flatterer, the rustic, the misanthrope) with all their weaknesses, failings and desires. Menander wrote over one hundred plays, winning eight victories at dramatic festivals. However, only six of his comedies have survived reasonably well-preserved, the most complete of which are Dyskolos (“The Grouch”), Samia (“The Girl from Samos”) and Epitrepontes (“Men at Arbitration”), together with numerous fragments. Thanks to later adaptations of his plays by Roman dramatists, elements of his art not only survived, but also found their way into the comedies of Molière and Shakespeare. A number of famous quotes are attributed to him, such as “What a fine thing a human being is, when truly human!”.
| Issuer | Greece |
|---|---|
| Ruling authority | Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date) |
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 2016 |
| Value | 10 Euros (10 EUR) |
| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.925) |
| Weight | 34.1 g |
| Diameter | 40 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
10 euro 2017 Proof Philosophers – Diogenes
Greek collectible silver proof coin with a face value of 10 euros, for the Greek Culture - Philosophers - Diogenes, maximum number of 2,000 pieces, Bank of Greece mint, issued in 2017.
The photo is indicative, the coin you will receive is in the original box along with the certificate of authenticity.
Born in Sinope on the Black Sea, Diogenes was the most significant of the cynic philosophers. In exile, he moved to Athens, where he became a pupil of Antisthenes, disciple of Socrates and founder of the Cynic school of thought. The cynics advocated simplicity, self-sufficiency, austerity, self-knowledge and moral probity. Τhey most probably derived their name from the word cyon (dog), by which Diogenes came to be known, in allusion to his biting sarcasm. In Athens he was said to live in a large ceramic jar and in full daylight would stroll about holding a lantern, claiming to be searching for a (true or honest) man. Diogenes eventually settled in Corinth, where Alexander the Great once sought to meet him. When Alexander inquired whether there was any favour that Diogenes might want of him, Diogenes famously retorted “Yes, stand out of my sunlight”, in keeping with his typical disdain for social conventions and material possessions.
| Issuer | Greece |
|---|---|
| Ruling authority | Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date) |
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 2017 |
| Value | 10 Euros (10 EUR) |
| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.925) |
| Weight | 34.10 g |
| Diameter | 40 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
10 euro 2017 Proof Sappho
Greek collectible silver proof coin with a face value of 10 euros, Greek culture - Lyric poets Sappho, maximum number of 2,000 pieces, Bank of Greece mint, issued in 2017.
The photo is indicative, the coin you will receive is in the original box along with the certificate of authenticity.
Sappho of Lesbos was one of the greatest lyric poets in ancient Greece and one of the first in the Western world to consistently express personal emotions. She composed her poems in the Aeolian dialect and sang them to the accompaniment of a lyre. Her works, which survive mostly in fragments, cover a broad thematic range: poems celebrating nature and love, hymeneals and epithalamia (marriage songs), odes and invocations of gods. Her superb lyric imagery, vivid rendering of female sensitivity and bold eroticism have, for centuries, stirred widespread interest, if not controversy. Sappho won high acclaim in ancient times and was even hailed as the “tenth Muse”. To this day, she remains one of the most influential ancient poets.
| Issuer | Greece |
|---|---|
| Ruling authority | Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date) |
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 2017 |
| Value | 10 Euros (10 EUR) |
| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.925) |
| Weight | 34.10 g |
| Diameter | 40 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
10 euro 2018 MMXVIII Pope John Paul I Proof Vaticano
10 euro 2018 Proof Historians – Herodotus
Greek collectible silver proof coin with a face value of 10 euros, for the Historians - Herodotus, maximum number of 2,000 pieces, Bank of Greece mint, issued in 2018.
The photo is indicative, the coin you will receive is in the original box along with the certificate of authenticity.
Herodotus (c. 484 BC - 425 BC / 410 BC) was an ancient Greek historian, traveler, and geographer of the 5th century BC. and is considered the founder of the science of history. Herodotus was first described by Cicero as the Father of History. The only work he has written seems to be History. It is an archive of history related to the wars between Greeks and Persians, such as the battle of Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, etc. including rich geographical and ethnographic information.
| Issuer | Greece |
|---|---|
| Ruling authority | Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date) |
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 2018 |
| Value | 10 Euros (10 EUR) |
| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.925) |
| Weight | 34.10 g |
| Diameter | 40.00 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
10 euro 2018 Proof Pindar
Greek collectible silver proof coin with a face value of 10 euros, for the Pindar, maximum number of 2,000 pieces, Bank of Greece mint, issued in 2018.
Pindar of Thebes was the ancient Greek lyric poet whose work is best preserved. Although he composed various genres of choral poetry (dithyrambs, hymns, laments), of which only fragments remain, he is best known for his epinikia, i.e. victory odes that he wrote on commission in honour of winners at Panhellenic games. His four books of victory odes (the Olympian, Pythian, Isthmian and Nemean Odes) have survived complete. His patrons included important figures of his time (Hieron of Syracuse, Theron of Akragas, Diagoras of Rhodes). Pindar would typically praise the victor’s birthplace and its local heroes and deities, his family and personal virtues. According to Pindar, victory came as the combined result of innate virtue, training and the favour of the gods. Pindar has been admired since antiquity for his sublime and grandiloquent style, his bold use of language and the seriousness he attached to his own art.
| Issuer | Greece |
|---|---|
| Ruling authority | Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date) |
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 2018 |
| Value | 10 Euros (10 EUR) |
| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.925) |
| Weight | 34.10 g |
| Diameter | 40.00 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
10 euro 2018 Proof Pindar PF69 Ultra Cameo NGC
Greek collectible silver proof coin with a face value of 10 euros, for the Pindar, maximum number of 2,000 pieces, Bank of Greece mint, issued in 2018.
Pindar of Thebes was the ancient Greek lyric poet whose work is best preserved. Although he composed various genres of choral poetry (dithyrambs, hymns, laments), of which only fragments remain, he is best known for his epinikia, i.e. victory odes that he wrote on commission in honour of winners at Panhellenic games. His four books of victory odes (the Olympian, Pythian, Isthmian and Nemean Odes) have survived complete. His patrons included important figures of his time (Hieron of Syracuse, Theron of Akragas, Diagoras of Rhodes). Pindar would typically praise the victor’s birthplace and its local heroes and deities, his family and personal virtues. According to Pindar, victory came as the combined result of innate virtue, training and the favour of the gods. Pindar has been admired since antiquity for his sublime and grandiloquent style, his bold use of language and the seriousness he attached to his own art.
| Issuer | Greece |
|---|---|
| Ruling authority | Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date) |
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 2018 |
| Value | 10 Euros (10 EUR) |
| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.925) |
| Weight | 34.10 g |
| Diameter | 40.00 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
10 euro 2020 Proof 2500th Anniversary Battle of Salamis Themistocles
Greek collectible silver proof coin with a face value of 10 euros, for the 2500th Anniversary Battle of Salamis - Themistocles, maximum number of 3,000 pieces, Bank of Greece mint, issued in 2020.
The photo is indicative, the coin you will receive is in the original box along with the certificate of authenticity.
After their victory at Thermopylae, the Persians pushed forward through Central Greece and sacked Athens. The Greek fleet, numbering some 380 warships, in majority from the city-states of Athens, Corinth and Aegina, reassembled at the island of Salamis, in the Saronic Gulf, in September 480 BC. Although the council of Greek generals had decided that the fleet should redeploy to the Isthmus of Corinth, in order to block Xerxes’s advance to the Peloponnese, the Athenian general Themistocles was confident that a battle within the narrow confines at Salamis would neutralise the Persian fleet’s numerical superiority. Thus, he sent a slave to Xerxes warning him that the Greeks were about to flee and advising him to hastily blockade the straits. Thanks to this stratagem, the Greeks, chanting the famous paean «Ὦ παῖδες Ἑλλήνων, ἴτε, ἐλευθεροῦτε πατρίδα» (“Forward, sons of Greeks, liberate the fatherland!”), dealt a decisive blow to the Persians, forcing Xerxes to leave Greece.
| Issuer | Greece |
|---|---|
| Ruling authority | Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date) |
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 2020 |
| Value | 10 Euros (10 EUR) |
| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.925) |
| Weight | 34.1 g |
| Diameter | 40 mm |
| Thickness | 3 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
10 euro 2020 Proof Battle of Thermopylae Leonidas
Greek collectible silver proof coin with a face value of 10 euros, for the Battle of Thermopylae - Leonidas, maximum number of 3.000 pieces, Bank of Greece mint, issued in 2020.
The photo is indicative, the coin you will receive is in the original box along with the certificate of authenticity.
In the summer of 480 BC, some 7,000 Greek troops under Leonidas, king of Sparta, tried to halt the advance of the invading Persian army, led by Xerxes. Though vastly outnumbered, they decided to take up position at the straits of Thermopylae, which commanded the passage to mainland Greece. When the Persian king invited them to surrender their arms, Leonidas famously countered «Μολών λαβέ» (“come and take them”). Using the narrow pass to their advantage, the Greeks managed to hold their ground for two days, until they were betrayed by Ephialtes, who showed the Persians a mountain track leading them behind the Greek lines. On the third day, Leonidas, realising that the battle was lost, dismissed the troops of the other Greek cities, but chose to stay behind with his elite guard of 300 Spartans, the helots and the remaining Lacedemonians. They were joined by 700 Thespians, who also opted to stay, and they all fell on the battlefield. With their courageous last stand, Leonidas and his comrades inspired the Greeks to continue their fight against the Persians, setting an everlasting example of heroism and self-denial.
| Issuer | Greece |
|---|---|
| Ruling authority | Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date) |
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 2020 |
| Value | 10 Euros (10 EUR) |
| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.925) |
| Weight | 34.10 g |
| Diameter | 40.00 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |