{"id":30261,"date":"2023-08-18T10:08:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T10:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.cycladic.gr\/exhibition\/chrima-symvola-apta-stin-archaia-ellada\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T12:24:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T12:24:13","slug":"chrima-symvola-apta-stin-archaia-ellada","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/cycladic.gr\/en\/ektheseis\/chrima-symvola-apta-stin-archaia-ellada\/","title":{"rendered":"MONEY. Tangible symbols in ancient Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MONEY. Tangible symbols in ancient Greece<\/h1>

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXHIBITION<\/p>

2 NOVEMBER 2017 – 15 APRIL 2018<\/p><\/header>

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THE EXHIBITION<\/h2> <\/header>\n\n \n
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\n The Museum of Cycladic Art and the Alpha Bank Numismatic Collection, in their first ever collaboration, organized a major exhibition with the title \u2018MONEY. Tangible symbols in ancient Greece\u2019.\n <\/div>\n \n \n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n
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The exhibition presented a different side of coins, which first appeared in the late 7th century BC. During antiquity, the coin had an additional use related to its iconography: it was a symbol, but also something that people could hold in their hands, making it a\u00a0tangible symbol<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The exhibition was structured along eight themed units and exhibited\u00a085 coins\u00a0from the Alpha Bank Collection alongside\u00a0159 objects\u00a0(clay vases, terracotta figurines, marble and bronze statuettes, reliefs, gold jewelry, measuring vessels, coins from closed assemblages and inscriptions) from\u00a032 archaeological museums and collections\u00a0in Greece, Italy, France and the United Kingdom. The iconography of these objects was linked directly to each unit\u2019s symbolic content.<\/p>\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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