GREECE ANCIENT Coins
Olbia Dolphin Coins: Ancient Bronze Proto-Money
Illustrated Specimen Details: Olbia Cast AE Dolphin Example Specimen: Olbia Cast AE Dolphin, 500-400 BC (Greek city-state Olbia) Iconography & Origin: This remarkable proto-coin is cast in bronze in the shape of a stylized …
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…
Wheel Money of Histria: Ancient Bronze Coin of Istros
Illustrated Specimen Details: Bronze Wheel Money Example Specimen: Wheel coin, 500-400 BC Design Details: This archaic specimen features the Greek letters ΙΣΤ (abbreviation for IST ROS) on the obverse. The reverse displays a d…
Drachm: coin from Kingdom of Cappadocia
Illustrated Specimen Details: Drachm Example Specimen: Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios (95-63 BC) The coin featured here is a silver drachm from the Kingdom of Cappadocia, minted during the long and turbulent reign of Ariobarzanes …
Celtic Tetradrachm: Ancient Silver Coins and Abstraction
Illustrated Specimen Details: Celtic Tetradrachm Example Specimen: Celtic Tetradrachm, Carpathian Region (200-100 BC) The coin shown above is an ancient silver tetradrachm issued by Celtic tribes in Central and Eastern Europe, p…
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…
Hemidrachm: Silver coin of Lycia and Ancient Greece
Illustrated Specimen Details: Hemidrachm Example Specimen: Hemidrachm, 30-27 BC — City of Cragus (Lycian League, Ancient Greece) This silver hemidrachm was struck by the Lycian League , a powerful federation of city-states in Ly…
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. …
Borysthenes: coin of ancient Greek city-state Olbia
BORYSTHENES: COIN OF OLBIA (MODERN UKRAINE) Borysthenes, 3nd century BC: Greek city-state Olbia Pontic Olbia or Olbia (Ancient Greek "Ὀλβία Ποντική"; Ukrainian "Ольвія") — an ancient Greek city-state, founded by natives of Milet…
Tetrassarion: coin of Olbia (Roman province Lower Moesia)
TETRASSARION: COIN OF OLBIA (MODERN UKRAINE) Tetrassarion, 1st century: Olbia (dependence on the Roman Empire) Ancient coin of the Greek colony of Olbia (modern Mykolaiv region, southern Ukraine) during the time when those territories were part of …
Tetrachalkon: coin of Laodikeia (Phrygia)
TETRACHALKON: COIN OF LAODIKEIA Tetrachalkon, 133-67 BC: Laodikeia (Phrygia) Phrygia — kingdom in the west-central part of Anatolia (now Asian Turkey). Historically, the coins of this distinctive highly developed nation are referred by modern resea…
Stater: coin of Bosporan Kingdom (Panticapaeum)
STATER: COIN OF BOSPORUS Stater, 322: Bosporan Kingdom Bosporan Kingdom (Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus) — an ancient Greco-Scythian state located in eastern Crimea and the Taman Peninsula on the shores of the present-day Strait of Kerch. The 1s…
Pentonkion: coin of Messina (Sicily, Ancient Greece)
PENTONKION: COIN OF MESSINA (SICILY) Pentonkion, 3rd century BC: Messina (Sicily, Ancient Greece) The Mamertines (Latin "Mamertini") were mercenaries of Italian origin who had been hired by Agathocles (Tyrant of Syracuse and self-proclaim…
Tetradrachm: coin of Kushan Empire (Ancient India)
TETRADRACHM: COIN OF KUSHAN EMPIRE (INDIA) Tetradrachm, 155-187: Kushan Empire (India) Ruler: Huvishka — emperor of the Kushan Empire. MAO : the name of the moon god is mistakenly given, but another deity is depicted (different sources give conflic…
Assarion: coin of Bosporan Kingdom (Panticapaeum)
ASSARION: COIN OF BOSPORUS Assarion, 39-45 AD: Bosporan Kingdom The Bosporan Kingdom (Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus) — an ancient Greco-Scythian state located in eastern Crimea and the Taman Peninsula on the shores of the present-day Strait of …
Trihemitetartemorion: coin of Ephesus (Ionia; Ancient Greece)
TRIHEMITETARTEMORION: COIN OF ANCIENT GREECE Trihemitetartemorion, 5th century BC: Ephesus (Ionia; Ancient Greece) The dating of the coin is very approximate. There is also a problem with the exact identification of this coin. Some sources often ca…
Hemiobol: coin of Cyzicus (Mysia, Ancient Greece)
HEMIOBOL: COIN OF CYZICUS (KYZIKOS) Hemiobol, 480-400 BC: Cyzicus (Ancient Greece) Cyzicus (also Kyzikos) — an ancient Greek town in Mysia in Anatolia in the current Balıkesir Province of Türkiye. Protome (a type of adornment that takes the form of…
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…
Dupondius: coin of Tyras (Roman Province)
DUPONDIUS: COIN OF TYRAS Dupondius, 211-217: Tyras (Roman Empire) Wikipedia — Tyras was an ancient Greek city on the northern coast of the Black Sea. It was founded by colonists from Miletus, probably about 600 BC. The city was situated some 10 km…