Silver Two Ounces 2018 Shield of Athena, Coin from Cook Islands - detailed information

This coin was issued in Cook Islands.

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Shield of Athena – CIT Coin Invest AG
The Mint says about this coin:
The mythology series continues after the Thor’s Hammer issue with the Shield of Athena: Aegis. Minted in ultra high relief on a piedfort 2oz blank and finished in antique. Detailed like never seen before on such a relief. Just 999 pieces are issued in pure silver.

The aegis, as stated in the Iliad, is carried by Athena and Zeus, but its nature is uncertain. It had been interpreted as an animal skin or a shield, sometimes bearing the head of a Gorgon. There may be a connection with a deity named Aex or Aix, a daughter of Helios and a nurse of Zeus or alternatively a mistress of Zeus. The aegis of Athena is referred to in several places in the Iliad. “It produced a sound as from a myriad roaring dragons and was borne by Athena in battle … and among them went bright-eyed Athene, holding the precious aegis which is ageless and immortal: a hundred tassels of pure gold hang fluttering from it, tight-woven each of them, and each the worth of a hundred oxen.”

NumisCollect Item ID: CK1803
CIT Item ID: 28301
Country: Cook Islands (the)
Date of issue: 2018
Denomination: 10 Dollars
Material: Silver .999
Quality: Antique finish
Mintage: 999