200 euro Demokritos 2016 Proof

Greek collectible gold proof coin with a face value of 200 euros, for the Demokritos, maximum number of 1.000 pieces, Bank of Greece mint, issue 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
Period	Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	2016
Value	200 Euros (200 EUR)
Currency	Euro (2002-date)
Composition	Gold (.916) (0.053 silver)
Weight	7.98 g
Diameter	22.1 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑