AUTOMATIC MAIDSERVANT Silver Coin 10€ Euro Greece 2023

The reverse of the coin depicts what is believed to have been the first robot in history - the Automatic MaidServant. This invention is described in the Pneumatics of Philo of Byzantium, a 3rd century BC engineer who lived in Alexandria. It is an automaton (robot) in the form of a (life-size) maidservant holding a wine jug in her right hand. Inside the effigy were two tanks, one for wine and one for water (as the Greeks used to drink their wine diluted), and a mechanism consisting of liquid and air tubes. By placing a cup on the extended left hand of the maidservant, the mechanism started to work. Air pressure pushed the liquids (first wine and then water) through the right arm into the jug and then into the cup, in the desired proportion. All around the reverse, various inscriptions in Greek, and "2023" - the year of mintage on its left side. The obverse of the coin depicts the Greek Coat of Arms, along with some inscriptions in Greek and "10 EURO" - the face value. Both sides of the coins feature a mechanical motif.