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100 Euros Zeus
| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 100 Euros |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Dynamic depiction of Zeus, king of the Olympian gods, shown in a powerful contrapposto stance as a muscular, bearded figure. He raises his right arm aloft, wielding a bundle of thunderbolts, while his left arm is extended forward with an eagle perched upon his wrist. The figure is rendered in a relief style inspired by ancient Greek sculpture and red-figure pottery. The legend ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΜΥΘΟΛΟΓΙΑ (Greek Mythology) arcs across the upper field, with the year 2014 inscribed below it, and the name ΔΙΑΣ (Zeus) appears in the lower field. The design is framed by a classical Greek meander border at the rim, with a small mint mark visible in the lower left field. |
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Issued as part of Greece's ongoing bullion and collector series drawing on classical mythology, this piece was struck at a moment of acute national financial stress — Greece was still under troika-administered austerity conditions in 2014, its third consecutive year of IMF-EU bailout oversight. The Bank of Greece retained the authority to issue commemorative and collector coinage throughout the crisis, one of the few areas of monetary operation left substantially under domestic control.
Mintages for this series have consistently been low, with collector demand driven primarily by the European numismatic market rather than domestic circulation.