Acropolis Museum

ΤΗΕ ROOSTER OF THE ACROPOLIS

Acropolis Museum

ΤΗΕ ROOSTER OF THE ACROPOLIS

The impetuous and persistent rooster was the competitive prototype for athletes and fighters in ancient Athens. As early as the beginning of the 5th cent. BC alektryonon agones (cock fights) were performed every year in the Dionysos theater on the south slope of the Acropolis.

International Museum Day
Coins: G. Stamatopoulos

Technical specifications

DENOMINATION

0€

DIAMETER

28.50 mm

WEIGHT

10.00 gr

EDGE

Plain

MATERIAL

Copper-nikel

PACKAGING

Coin card blister

MAXIMUM ISSUE

3,000 pieces

MINTING QUALITY

Brilliant uncirculated

ARTIST

G. Stamatopoulos

Other coins of the artist

Not available