Well, I do like to draw guys… This time, however, I wanted to create something more subtle, more delicate and finally feminine. A simple classical ancient Greek and Roman ornaments become unsymmetrical. Typography is in the Art Nouveau style. The both goddesses are inspired (consciously!) by the phenomenal artwork of Alfons Mucha.
Strong and Beautiful Goddesses series, Niue, 5 dollars, 2 oz, 45 mm, antique finish high relief coin, selective gilding, client and producer: Mint of Poland.
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Victoria and Nike
Niue 2018.
About this coin:
Photo of the coin: Power Coin Blog
“The best design of all time and over the world with women on coin.” / “Sympathetic design” (my own translation from Russian): Silver Stacking Academy 2 YouTube
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Athena and Minerva
Niue 2019.
This is the sequel of the series inspired by artwork of Alfons Mucha.
Athena was the goddess of wisdom, art and war. Her attributes are: the owl (on her helm), a symbol of wisdom and the olive tree (olive branch in her hand), a symbol of prosperity. Athena offered the first olive tree to the Athenians…
Minerva, Roman goddess of war and art. She follows the Greek myths around Athena: on her helm we see Pegasus, a winged horse symbolizing artistic inspiration. Athena (Minerva) helped Bellerophon catch Pegasus with a golden bridle…
See the coin on Mint of Poland’s YT channel.
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Aphrodite and Venus
Niue 2020.
In my opinion, the third coin in this series, unfortunately does not reproduce accurately my design. The faces of both goddesses on the minted coin are not so delicate as on my drawing. What a pity…
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Tyche and Fortuna
In Greek Tyche (Τύχη) means blind fate, blind luck or fortune. Tyche is blind—she has a gold sash that covers her eyes. Fortuna is looking at the roman coin with the personification of the fortune. Both goddesses were responsible for the prosperity of the cities: they wear city—shaped crowns, respectively Greek and Roman. In ancient art Tyche and Fortuna was depicted as carrying a cornucopia—a horn of plenty. The wheel represents the unpredictable turns of fortune.
See the coin on Mint of Poland’s YT channel.
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