10 Euros Pindar

Reverse

The design depicts a very detailed portrait of Pindar which is collectively inspired by several busts of the poet believed to have been sculpted during his lifetime. The primary design is partially surrounded by a traditional Greek-key design and the text "PINDAR 522 – 443 B.C.", the year of issue "2018" and the Hellenic mintmark are placed just to the right of the portrait.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΠΙΝΔΑΡΟΣ 522-443 Π.Χ.
2018

Translation:
PINDAR 522-443 B.C.
2018

Engraver: Geórgios Stamatópoulos

Edge

Plain

Comment

Pindar of Thebes was the ancient Greek lyric poet whose work is best preserved. Although he composed
various genres of choral poetry (dithyrambs, hymns, laments), of which only fragments remain, he is best
known for his epinikia, i.e. victory odes that he wrote on commission in honour of winners at Panhellenic
games. His four books of victory odes (the Olympian, Pythian, Isthmian and Nemean Odes) have survived
complete. His patrons included important figures of his time (Hieron of Syracuse, Theron of Akragas, Diagoras
of Rhodes). Pindar would typically praise the victor’s birthplace and its local heroes and deities, his family
and personal virtues. According to Pindar, victory came as the combined result of innate virtue, training and
the favour of the gods. Pindar has been admired since antiquity for his sublime and grandiloquent style, his
bold use of language and the seriousness he attached to his own art.

Packaging: Coin Box with Certificate of Authenticity
Minting quality: Proof

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2018	2000	-	-	-	-	-	-

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