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10 Dollars - Charles III Statue of Zeus
| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | CHARLES III · SOLOMON ISLANDS DT · 100g $10 Ag 999 · |
| Reverse description | Highly detailed antiqued depiction of the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The enthroned god Zeus is shown frontally at centre, draped from the waist, holding a small winged Nike figure in his raised right hand and a tall sceptre topped by an eagle in his left; the monumental throne is set within a Greek temple interior flanked by pairs of fluted columns, with seated lions guarding the base on either side. Laurel wreaths, decorative friezes with meander patterns, and ornamental vessels enrich the architectural setting. The date '2025' appears in the upper exergue, a circular '7 WONDERS' logo cartouche is placed at the lower centre field, and the inscription 'STATUE OF ZEUS' runs along the lower periphery. |
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The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, erected by the sculptor Pheidias around 435 BC, was considered by ancient observers the single greatest work in the known world — Strabo wrote that seeing it in person was a religious experience, and to miss it was a misfortune. The chryselephantine original stood roughly 13 meters tall inside the Temple of Zeus and was reportedly transported to Constantinople in the 4th century AD, where it was destroyed by fire sometime around 462.
Solomon Islands has issued this series under a licensing arrangement that has nothing to do with the nation's economic or cultural history — the coins are produced for the collector bullion market with the islands functioning purely as an issuing jurisdiction.