Ancient Greek Gorgon and Anchor Silver Drachm 400 BC Sterling 14K White Gold Pendant | Artifact #6216

The ancient symbol of power, hope and triumph over adversity - the Anchor - embodied in this Ancient Greek Silver Drachm, is now in an heirloom pendant Please Note: This is an authentic Ancient Greek Treasure Coin, and you will receive the exact pendant in the photographs and description. FOR PENDANT SIZE SEE COIN DETAILS BELOW As the Ancient Greek world developed, colonists traveled far and wide, establishing settlements that would sometimes become powerful city states; what the Greeks called a Polis. One such Polis is the ancient Apollonia Pontika, an ancient Bronze Age settlement that became, with the arrival of the Greeks, one of the most powerful trade and naval ports of the ancient world. Situated on the West coast of the Black Sea, in what is now Bulgaria, the Apollonians began minting coins in the 6th Century BC. And while coins featured Apollo, and the infamous Gorgon, or Medusa, no symbol is as recognizable as the proud, triumphant Anchor. A power symbol of the ancient world