France - 50 Euro gold, VICTORY OF SAMOTHRACE, 2019

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Gold
Issue year: 2019
Face Value: 50 Euro
Quality: PROOF
Metal: Gold
Weight: 7,78 g
Diameter: 22 mm
Fineness: 999
650,00

The Winged Victory of Samothrace, also called the Nike of Samothrace, is a marble Hellenistic sculpture of Nike (the Greek goddess of victory), that was created in about the 2nd century BC. Since 1884, it has been prominently displayed at the Louvre and is one of the most celebrated sculptures in the world. It is described as "the greatest masterpiece of Hellenistic sculpture", and it is one of a small number of major Hellenistic statues surviving in the original, rather than Roman copies.