Mint of Athens
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The Mint of Athens was an ancient Greek facility in the Athenian Agora where the city’s coinage, including its famous silver drachmas, was produced.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Athenian mint | 1 |
| Laurion silver mines | 1 |
| Mint of Athens canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3297403 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mint of Athens Context triple: [Ancient Agora of Athens, hasPart, Mint of Athens]
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A.
Athenian Treasury
The Athenian Treasury is a small, temple-like marble building at Delphi, dedicated by Athens to commemorate military victories and house lavish offerings to the god Apollo.
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B.
Peristeri
Peristeri is a densely populated suburban municipality of Athens, Greece, known as one of the largest and most vibrant districts in the Athens metropolitan area.
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C.
Aigina
Aigina is the ancient Greek name for the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf, known historically as a significant maritime and commercial center.
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D.
Siphnian Treasury
The Siphnian Treasury is an ornate Archaic-period treasury at Delphi, famed for its richly sculpted marble friezes and caryatid columns dedicated by the island of Siphnos.
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E.
Tanagra
Tanagra was an ancient Greek city in Boeotia, noted for its strategic location and for the finely crafted terracotta figurines known as Tanagra figurines.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mint of Athens Target entity description: The Mint of Athens was an ancient Greek facility in the Athenian Agora where the city’s coinage, including its famous silver drachmas, was produced.
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A.
Athenian Treasury
The Athenian Treasury is a small, temple-like marble building at Delphi, dedicated by Athens to commemorate military victories and house lavish offerings to the god Apollo.
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B.
Peristeri
Peristeri is a densely populated suburban municipality of Athens, Greece, known as one of the largest and most vibrant districts in the Athens metropolitan area.
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C.
Aigina
Aigina is the ancient Greek name for the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf, known historically as a significant maritime and commercial center.
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D.
Siphnian Treasury
The Siphnian Treasury is an ornate Archaic-period treasury at Delphi, famed for its richly sculpted marble friezes and caryatid columns dedicated by the island of Siphnos.
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E.
Tanagra
Tanagra was an ancient Greek city in Boeotia, noted for its strategic location and for the finely crafted terracotta figurines known as Tanagra figurines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient mint
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Athenian democracy
ⓘ
Athenian economy ⓘ Athenian imperial coinage ⓘ |
| coinTypeProduced |
Athenian drachma
ⓘ
surface form:
Athenian owl drachma
owl tetradrachm ⓘ |
| country |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| currencyStandard | Attic standard ⓘ |
| depictionOnCoins |
head of Athena
ⓘ
owl of Athena ⓘ |
| economyRole |
production of state coinage
ⓘ
support of Athenian military finance ⓘ support of Athenian trade ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Athenian financial officials
ⓘ
Athenian magistrates ⓘ |
| hasSiteType |
industrial facility
ⓘ
public building ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | archaeological remains ⓘ |
| languageOfInscription | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ancient Agora of Athens
ⓘ
surface form:
Athenian Agora
Athens ⓘ Attica ⓘ Greece ⓘ |
| locatedNear | other public buildings of the Athenian Agora ⓘ |
| materialUsed | silver ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
polis of Athens
ⓘ
surface form:
Athenian polis
city of Athens ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Athenian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Athenian state
|
| partOf | urban center of Classical Athens ⓘ |
| period | Classical period of Ancient Greece ⓘ |
| product |
Athenian drachma
ⓘ
Athenian silver coinage ⓘ Athenian tetradrachm ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Athenian Empire
ⓘ
Delian League ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Ancient Agora of Athens
ⓘ
surface form:
Athenian Agora excavations
|
| significance |
major center of coin production in the ancient Greek world
ⓘ
source of the famous Athenian owl coins ⓘ |
| technologyUsed | struck coinage ⓘ |
| timeOfUse |
4th century BCE
ⓘ
5th century BCE ⓘ |
| usedFor |
coin production
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minting of drachmas ⓘ minting of silver coins ⓘ minting of tetradrachms ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mint of Athens Description of subject: The Mint of Athens was an ancient Greek facility in the Athenian Agora where the city’s coinage, including its famous silver drachmas, was produced.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Laurion silver mines
subject surface form:
ΑΘΕ
this entity surface form:
Athenian mint