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| ID Number: | DB05-0307 |
| Description: | 10 Drachmai |
| Country or State: | Greece (Hellas) |
| Year: | 1988 |
| Currency: | Third modern drachma (1954-2001) |
| Obverse: | The portrait in the left profile of Democritus (460 - 370 BC), a Greek philosopher who developed the atomic theory of the universe surrounded with a legend which indicates his name in Greek: "ΔΗΜΟΚΡΙΤΟΣ" |
| Obverse Legend: | ΔΗΜΟΚΡΙΤΟΣ |
| Reverse: | An atom surrounded with the face value according to the new spelling "10 ΔΡΑΧΜΕΣ" and the inscription "ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ" |
| Reverse Legend: | 10 ΔΡΑΧΜΕΣ 1986 ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ |
| Edge: | Plain |
| Engraver: | L. Orphanos |
| Orientation: | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Composition: | Copper-Nickel |
| Diameter: | 26.0 mm |
| Thickness: | 1.95 mm |
| Weight: | 7.600 grams |
| Mintage: | 16,869,000 |
| Catalog Number: | KM# 132 |
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Democritus (Δημόκριτος, Dēmokritos, "chosen of the people") (ca. 460 – ca. 370 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher born in Abdera, Thrace, Greece. He was an influential pre-Socratic philosopher and pupil of Leucippus, who formulated an atomic theory for the universe. His exact contributions are difficult to disentangle from those of his mentor Leucippus, as they are often mentioned together in texts. Their speculation on atoms, taken from Leucippus, bears a passing and partial resemblance to the nineteenth-century understanding of atomic structure that has led some to regard Democritus as more of a scientist than other Greek philosophers; however their ideas rested on very different bases. Largely ignored in ancient Athens, Democritus was nevertheless well known to his fellow northern-born philosopher Aristotle. Plato is said to have disliked him so much that he wished all his books burned. Many consider Democritus to be the "father of modern science". |