FRANCE. Modern Art. Æ Medal (43x76mm, 91.25 g, 12h). By L. Muller, after the antique. Dated 1951. The Mourning Athena: Athena standing right, wearing peplos and crested Corinthian helm, resting head on inverted spear held in left hand, right hand on hip (Acropolis Museum inventory no. 695); tablet at right inscribed LOUIS MULLER and D’APRES/ L’ANTIQUE / HOMMAGE/ DE/ ROME-ATHENES/ 1951 in four lines. Edge: BRONZE. Good VF.
The Mourning Athena was discovered in excavations on the Acropolis in 1888 and dates to circa 460 BC.
