Athena

There are some 60 cities and towns around the world named or nicknamed Athens. This coin would love to visit them all:

* Athens, Αttiki, Greece
* Athens Alabama, USA
* Athens Arkansas, USA
* Athens California, USA
* Athens Ohio, USA
* Athens Georgia, USA
* Athens Illinois, USA
* Athens Indiana, USA
* Athens Kansas, USA
* Athens Lexington Kentucky, USA
* Athens Louisiana, USA
* Athens Somerset Maine, USA
* Athens Calhoun Michigan, USA
* Athens Mississippi, USA
* Athens Missouri, USA
* Athens New York, USA
* Athens Ohio, USA
* Athens Pennsylvania, USA
* Athens Tennessee, USA
* Athens Texas, USA
* Athens Vermont, USA
* Athens West Virginia, USA
* Athens Wisconsin, USA
* Athens Ontario, Canada
* Athenstedt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
* Athens of Ayrshire – Troon, Scotland
* Athens of Cuba – Matanzas, Cuba
* Athens of Egypt- Alexandria, Egypt
* Athens of Finland – Jyväskylä, Finland
* Athens of Florida – DeLand, Florida, USA
* Athens of Indiana – Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA
* Athens of Latin America – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
* Athens of Minas Gerais – Juiz de Fora, Brazil
* Athens of North America – Boston, USA
* Athens of Sicily – Catania, Italy
* Athens of South America – Bogotá, Columbia
* Athens of the Bodrog – Sárospatak, Hungary
* Athens of the East – Madurai, India
* Athens of the Middle Ages – Florence, Italy
* Athens of the North – Edinburgh, Scotland
* Athens of the South – Nashville, USA
* Athens of the Southern Hemisphere – Dunedin, New Zealand
* Athens of the West (early 19th c.) – Lexington, USA
* Athens of the West – Berkeley, California, USA
* Athens on the Isar – Munich, Germany
* Athens on the Spree – Berlin, Germany
* Athens on the Torysa – Prešov, Slovakia
* Brazilian Athens – São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
* Czech Athens – Krnov, Scotland
* Lusa Athens – Coimbra, Portugal
* Sardinian Athens – Nuoro, Italy
* Serbian Athens – Novi Sad, Serbia
* Siberian Athens – Tomsk, Russia
* Athens of the South – Tampa, Florida, USA

She'll be starting out in Athens, Georgia. Perhaps you might know of another Athens not even listed here!

This coin is an accurate modern replica of an ancient coin. It's retail value is less than $7 US. Athena & Her Attribute the Owl: (455-449 B.C.) (24mm 11g) OBVERSE: Head of Athena wearing a crested helmet with olive leaves and floral scroll. REVERSE: Owl with olive branch and crescent within incuse square. Athena is the Greek goddess of wisdom, war, the arts, industry, justice & skill. She was the favorite child of Zeus & Metis, the goddess of wisdom and Zeus' first wife. Athena and her uncle Poseidon both loved a certain city in Greece. Both claimed the city and it was decided that one that could give the greatest gift could claim the city. Poseidon struck the side of the cliff with his trident and a spring welled up. The water however was salty as the sea and was not very useful. Athena's gift was an olive tree, she prevailed since the olive tree provided food, oil and wood. Athena named her city Athens. Her attribute is the owl.