BC 4TH CENTURY Coins
Chalkon Coin: Ancient Copper Currency of Greece
Illustrated Specimen Details: Copper Chalkon (Ancient Olbia) Example Specimen: Chalkon (χαλκον), 380 — 360 BC — City-state Olbia (Northern Black Sea Coast) Design & Symbols: The obverse of this ancient coin depicts the head…
Dichalkon: Ancient Greek Bronze Coin of Olbia
Illustrated Specimen Details: Dichalkon Example Specimen: City-state Olbia, 360-350 BC The coin shown above is a bronze dichalkon issued by the ancient Greek city-state of Olbia (located near the modern village of Parutyne, Uk…
Obol Coin: Ancient Greek Specimen, History & Charon
Illustrated Specimen Details: Ancient Greek Obol Example Specimen: Obol, 324-323 BC — City of Laranda (Lycaonia, Ancient Greece) This silver obol was struck in Laranda (modern-day Karaman, Turkey), a strategic city in Lycaonia. …
Litra: coin of Syracuse (Sicily, Ancient Greece)
LITRA: COIN OF SYRACUSE Litra, 405-367 BC: Syracuse, Sicily Sicily — the largest and most populous island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the regions of the modern Italy. From the 7th century BC Sicily was colonized by settlers from Carthage an…
Karshapana: coin from Maurya Empire (India)
KARSHAPANA: COIN OF ANCIENT INDIA Karshapana, 322-184 BC: Maurya Empire (Ancient India) It is very difficult to identify these protocoins with any accuracy due to their often poor condition and a large number of varieties (we a…