Cook Islands – 2019 – 20 Dollars – Gods Of The World POSEIDON

Description

The third issue in the most awesome awarded God series coins. Poseidon, the god of the sea in ancient Greece. Minted in 3oz pure .999 silver on a 55mm blank using Smartminting. It gives it an ultimate high relief and added a new special antique finish with dark highlights! Only 333 pcs are released worldwide.

Poseidon was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth. He was god of the Sea and other waters; of earthquakes; and of horses. In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, he was venerated as a chief deity at Pylos and Thebes. Poseidon was protector of seafarers, and of many Hellenic cities and colonies. In Homer’s Iliad, Poseidon supports the Greeks against the Trojans during the Trojan War. In the Odyssey, during the sea-voyage from Troy back home to Ithaca, the Greek hero Odysseus provokes Poseidon’s fury by blinding his son the Cyclops Polyphemus, resulting in Poseidon punishing him with storms, the complete loss of his ship and companions, and a ten-year delay. Poseidon is also the subject of a Homeric hymn. In Plato’s Timaeus and Critias, the island of Atlantis was Poseidon’s domain.

Key Selling Points:

55mm diameter for 3oz coin
Ultra high relief due to Smartminting technology
Special new antique finish with dark highlights
Low mintage just 333 pcs
Topselling motive