Description: Cyclades, Tenos; Poseidon/dolphins flanking trident

Diameter: AE10 mm

Weight: 0,9 g

Grade: F/aVF

Attribution: BMC Crete pg. 131, 41; cf. CNG 60, Lot: 631

Commentary: very rare; dark grey patina

History: Poseidon was also called "earth-shakers" because the Greeks believed that the cause of the earthquakes was the erosion of the rocks by the waters.

Article Number: 006-08-04-45047