Catalogus
Volledige afbeeldingen bekijken — gratis registratie
Doorgaan met Google — het is gratis
of registreer met e-mail
200 Euros Diogenes
| Uitgever | Bank of Greece |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 2017 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Gewicht | Log in om details te zien |
| Diameter | Log in om details te zien |
| Dikte | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Techniek | Log in om details te zien |
| Oriëntatie | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
| Referentie(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
|---|---|
| Schrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Full-length standing figure of the Cynic philosopher Diogenes of Sinope rendered in high relief, depicted as a bearded elderly man leaning upon a staff, with a dog seated at his feet — a traditional attribute of the Cynic school. Behind the figure stands his famous barrel (pithos), rendered in careful perspective. The curved legend ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ 412-323 π.Χ. (Diogenes 412–323 B.C.) arcs along the upper left field, with the date 2017 inscribed in the central upper field. A small fleur-de-lis mint mark appears to the right of the figure. The reverse shares the same elaborate outer border of classical decorative motifs as the obverse, unifying the coin's design. |
| Schrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Rand | Reeded |
| Muntplaats | Log in om details te zien |
| Oplage | Log in om details te zien |
| Aanvullende informatie |
Issued as part of Greece's ongoing "Philosophers of Ancient Greece" bullion series, this coin honors Diogenes of Sinope — the Cynic philosopher who famously rejected material wealth and reportedly lived in a large ceramic jar in Athens. The Bank of Greece launched the series in 2016 to assert cultural patrimony through numismatic form, with each annual release tied to a specific thinker of antiquity.
Diogenes was a citizen of Sinope, on the Black Sea coast, before being exiled — ancient sources differ on whether for defacing coinage, an act both literally and philosophically fitting for a man who spent his life attacking conventional values.