Silver tetradrachm coin at the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
depicting the owl of Athena (circa 480–420 BC).
The inscription "ΑΘΕ"
is an abbreviation of ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΝ, which may be translated as "of the
Athenians". In daily use the Athenian drachmas were called glaukes (γλαῦκες, owls).
