Ancient Greek Pegasus & Athena Silver Stater Set in 18K Gold Pendant – “Wings of Wisdom”

Silver Stater Coin in 18k Gold Pendant.

Obverse: Pegasus
Reverse: Athena
Date: 404 - 394 BC
Mint: Corinth, Greece
In the Classical Greek era, Corinth was a powerful city-state on the Isthmus of Corinth that
rivaled Athens and Thebes in wealth. This 4th-century BC Corinthian coin depicts Pegasus, the Greek mythological flying horse. Pegasus first set foot on Earth at Corinth. With the help of
Athena, who presented him with a golden bridle, a young Corinthian nobleman named
Bellerophon captured Pegasus while he paused to drink from a spring. He then tamed Pegasus so he could ride on its back and defeat both the Chimera and the Amazons, tasks which would otherwise have been impossible for a mortal. Pegasus was also mortal, and because of his faithful service to Zeus, on the last day of his life, Zeus transformed him into a constellation.
Athena, wearing a Corinthian helmet, is shown on the reverse of this coin with a dolphin above.
Athena was the Greek Goddess of wisdom, peace, warfare, strategy, handicrafts, and reason.
An armed warrior Goddess, Athena appears in Greek mythology as a helper of many heroes, including Odysseus, Jason, and Hercules. In Classical Greek myths, she never consorts with a lover, earning the title Athena Parthenos, or Athena the Virgin, hence the name of her most famous temple, the Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens.