The official 2024 Greece, Apollo's Temple, 50 Euro Gold 99.99% 1 gr coin, proof in original box and certificate of Authenticity, exactly as issued by the Bank of Greece!
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Greece, 2024, 50 Euro, Gold Coin, Apollo's temple, Proof!
Issuer & Mintage Greece, 1200 Coins Issuing regime Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date) Type Non-circulating coins Year 2024 Value 50 Euros (50 EUR) Currency Euro (2002-date) Composition Gold (.999) Weight 1 g Diameter 14 mm Shape Round Technique Milled Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑ Number N#
447540
References KM# 395 Apollo Epikourios' ("Apollo the helper") temple sits at an elevation of 1,131 metres above sea level on the slopes of Kotylion Mountain. Its construction is placed between 450 BC and 400 BC; the plague its dedication related to was probably the plague of Athens of 430 BC. It was supposedly designed by Iktinos, architect at Athens of the Parthenon. Modern scholars such as A. W. Lawrence are doubtful about this, as though the Doric order used is "extremely similar" to that of the Parthenon, where they differ Bassae is "old-fashioned", yet it was probably built later.
The ancient writer Pausanias praises the temple as eclipsing all others in the Peloponnesos except the Temple of Athena Alea at Tegea by the beauty of its stone and the harmony of its construction.