Roman Owl Pencil Topper - Gold Plated

Product Description: This Roman Owl pencil topper is made from lead-free pewter that is 22ct gold plated and is a 3D model of an owl on a base with a key design. It is supplied on a 13cm black wooden pencil with Roman numerals and their decimal equivalent values printed on it in silver.

Information: Minerva was the goddess of wisdom and of war in Roman mythology. She is often depicted with her sacred creature, an owl usually named as the "owl of Minerva", which symbolised her association with wisdom and knowledge. Owls were therefore popular in jewellery and coinage.

Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages. Numbers in the system are represented by combinations of letters from the Latin alphabet. The system uses only seven symbols: I, V, X, L, C, D, and M.