10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Artemis: Khryselakatos and Lokheira

This piece belongs to Cook Islands' broader run of numismatic silver issues exploiting the country's licensing agreements to produce collector coins well beyond any domestic monetary need. The Artemis epithet pairing here — Khryselakatos ("of the golden arrows") and Lokheira ("she who aids in childbirth") — draws on Homeric and Callimachean sources, reflecting the dual and often contradictory nature of the goddess across Greek literary tradition.

Cook Islands has issued under KM#2889 as part of a themed series; the 62.2g weight confirms this as a standard two-troy-ounce collector strike, produced almost certainly by a European contract mint rather than any facility on the islands themselves.