Greek coins

Greek coins
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Tetradrachm of Athens, fifth century B.C.

Lenormant's general manual, "Monnaies et Medailles," and Gardner's" Greek Coins," are accessible to all, as well as the invaluable cat a* Catalog of the British Museum coins; and, of special treatises, ...

"Greek Coins" describes coins of Mediterranean city-states and kingdoms before the Roman Empire, Celtic tribes and Indo-Greek kingdoms, most bearing Greek legends though other languages also appear. ...

Greek coins are beautiful (see images later on this page) and often have a head of a god or goddess on one side, but animals and birds such as lions, horses, stags, snakes, dolphins, and eagles are common too (You can even find an octopus!).

Many Greek coins including Corinthian staters, Calabrian nomoi, and new-style Athenian tetradrachms carry a variety of small control marks in the fields of the flans.

Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection
Entry for Epeiros on the Digital Historia Numorum
Ambrakia ...

There are literally thousands of choices one could make regarding the collecting of ancient Greek coins.

Greek Coins, including Greek Imperial
The numbers following Greek bronzes (e.g., AE15) denotes the diameter of the coin in millimeters.

Ancient Greek Coins
The minting of coins spread rapidly from Lydia to the city states of ancient Greece. Around 600 BC , the island of Aegina produced what are believed to be the first Greek coins.

Greek Coins of Europe n° 1 à 95
Greek Coins of Asia and Africa n° 96 à 154
Coinage of The Roman Republic n° 155 à 243
Coinage of The Civil Wars n° 244 à 271
Coinage of the Julio-Claudian dynasty n° 272 à 305
Coinage of the Flavians n° 306 à 322 ...

Greek coins with added interest
A coin that has been stamped or marked with a design after it was originally struck is termed 'countermarked'.

Greek coins are considered by many to be the pinnacle of ancient numismatics. The earliest documented coins are from the Ephesian Artemission finds of 1904-05. They were lead by the British Museum's D.G. Hoggarth. Recommended reading is E.S.G.

Greek Coins as illustrating Greek art. Num. Chron., 1864.
The Coins of Camarina. Trans. R. Soc. Lit., 1873.
Athenian Coin-engravers in Italy. Num. Chron., 1883.

All Greek coins were hand-made, rather than milled as modern coins are. The design for the obverse was carved (in reverse) into a block of stone or iron. The design of the reverse was carved into another.

Sear, David R. Greek Coins and Their Values, Volume II: Asia and Africa Seaby Publications Ltd., London, 1996
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Sear, David R. Greek Imperial Coins and Their Values Seaby Publications Ltd., London, 1982 (2001 reprint) ...

Sear, David R. Greek Coins and Their Values. Vol. I and II. London, 1978.
First place to start for identifying Greek coins from the beginnings in the seventh century B.C. to the foundation of the Roman empire by Augustus.

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The best discussion of technique as an outgrowth of manufacturing methods for Greek coins is that of C. M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (Berkeley and London, 1975) pp. 1-19.
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One can hardly read past the first few pages of John Anthony's book, Collecting Greek Coins without become enthused and inspired enough to at least sample this coinage.

The value of a coin, as indicated above, depends not on its age but on the state of preservation and in some instances in the case of Greek coins, the style of execution. Apart from these factors, the law of supply and demand also applies.

While Pegasus appears on many ancient Greek coins, the images on Corinth's coins are best known (with Athena on the other side of the coins).

The President was a great admirer of ancient Greek coins and wanted to bring similar beauty to the U.S. coinage. He approached Saint-Gaudens to redesign the 10 and the 20 dollar coins.

One day, while at the Smithsonian Institution, Roosevelt saw a group of Greek coins and was impressed by their artistry and sculptured appearance. By comparison the current American coinage was very bland, he thought.

Perhaps the most famous of Greek coins are these of Athens (Figure 2-A). One finds similarities in these coins and in the monumental sculpture of the period.

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I'm a greek student of physics but my hobby is history. I was very touched when I saw greek-like coins because before seeing your webpage.

The term originates in Greek and is most commonly encountered with reference to Greek coins. It refers to the name of a tribe, nation, or city-state responsible for issuing a coin.

In 1905 Theodore Roosevelt, who had examined ancient Greek coins on display at the Smithsonian, and who was fascinated with their high relief and artistry, sought to improve the appearance of circulating United States issues.

I ran across a site called Coinsmith, where a man by the name of Charles Larson has created replicas of ancient Greek coins as well as more modern (but still old) Mormon coinage.

The earlier Greek coins are often more beautiful, but many of them start at two-hundred dollars and it goes up from there. So I stick to Roman coins and find plenty to interest me there.

The Athenian Owl has to be one of the most remarkable of the ancient Greek coins. It is a piece of history and artistry that can be appreciated by every collector.

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GREEK IMPERIAL/ROMAN COLONIAL COINS
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BYZANTINE, ARAB-BYZANTINE AND ISLAMIC ANCIENT COINS
MEDIEVAL AND MODERN COINS, TOKENS AND MEDALS OF THE WORLD
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The most significant holdings within the Numismatic Collection include: 102,000 Greek coins and about 50,000 from ancient Rome; 160,00 European coins from the Middle Ages to modern times and 35,000 Oriental-Islamic coins.

Much scarcer than the earlier Sea Turtles, the new staters are highly prized by collectors of ancient greek coins for their high relief, rich detail, and simplicity of design. The coin pictured below is a Land Tortoise stater of 404 - 340 BC.

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" Compared to Greek coinage, Roosevelt felt that our nation's coins were "artistically of atrocious hideousness." The beauty of the classic Greek coins crystallized his decision to launch new designs for the whole range of U.S. coins.

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