Greek coinage goes back to 600BC. The coinage might be mainly divided into three distinct periods, namely the Archaic, the Classical as well as the Hellenistic. The Hellenistic period of time refers towards the time period in between the fall of Alexander, The Great in 323BC and Greece's capture by Rome in 146BC. The Archaic interval started when the coins had been first launched from the Historical Greece. Then came the Classical period of time which lasted till the conquests of Alexander The Great....
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GREEK SELEUCUS BRONZE COIN ARCHAEOLOGY

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PHILIP II Macedon Olympic Games 359BC Authentic Ancient Greek Coin HORSE APOLLO

PHILIP II Macedon Olympic Games 359BC Authentic Ancient Greek Coin HORSE APOLLO

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PHILIP II Macedon Olympic Games 359BC Authentic Ancient Greek Coin HORSE APOLLO

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PHILIP II Macedon Olympic Games 359BC Authentic Ancient Greek Coin HORSE APOLLO

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HIMERA Sicily 420BC Authentic Ancient Genuine Greek Coin Nymph & LAUREL WREATH

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Alexander III The Great 336BC Rare Authentic Ancient Greek Coin APOLLO HORSE

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ALEXANDER III The Great 336BC Authentic Ancient Greek Coin HERCULES CLUB BOW

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ALEXANDER III The Great 336BC Authentic Ancient Greek Coin HERCULES CLUB BOW

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ALEXANDER III The Great 336BC Authentic Ancient Greek Coin HERCULES CLUB BOW

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MESEMBRIA 350BC Thrace Athena Wheel Authentic Genuine Rare Ancient Greek Coin

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pc2004uk GREEK AE CIRCA 300 B.C. GREEK BRONZE COIN 55S

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MACEDON Eion Greek Silver Coin LIZARD GOOSE 460BC RARE SNG ANS 287

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 $199.00
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Greek PTOLEMAIC Kings of Egypt PTOLEMY II ZEUS Ammon Eagle Æ Bronze 32mm Coin

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Authentic Ancient Bronze GREEK COIN AE20 EAGLE 4383

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...Greek coin historical past has a prominence of silver coins shaped in iron molds. A lot of ancient Greek coins have been seen across the jurisdiction, which seems to indicate their utilisation from the inter-city exchange.
The Archaic age saw amateurish coins of irregular craftsmanship. Gradually, the coins transformed their shapes from lumps of metal to flat discs. To denote their location of creation, the historical coins had been stamped with a image of an animal or even gods or goddesses with the giving city. For instance, the coins from Athens had a symbol of owl imprinted on them.
The Classical period of time started in 330BC. Aesthetically, the coins from this time period evolved by leaps and bounds. Every significant city minted its very own gold and silver coins. For identification, coins bore an emblem with the city's patron god or goddess or a legendary hero on one facet and a image of your metropolis on the other aspect. Inside later stages of this period, the Greek coins bore inscriptions with the issuing city's name. Rich cities for example Sicily, manufactured the finest coins in this time period. Among the numismatists, the coins produced by Syracuse are viewed as exquisite coins in the historical past of historical Greek coins.
By the start of the Hellenistic age, the Greek influence was sensed across continents. The Greeks had manufactured kingdoms in Iran, Egypt and Syria. As the new kingdoms had been bigger in size, they minted their personal coins\currency. Because of the mass production of these gold coins, they lacked aesthetic craftsmenship. Hellenistic coins have been recognized by the emblems of your kings and inscriptions of their names. The trend of having pics of kings on the coins continued for a long time.
The absence of technology was the reason for hand crafted coins. First the metal, gold or silver was heated and placed between two blocks. The main block, placed similar to a hammer, to give the molten metal a disc like form. The hammer even imprinted the symbols on the coins.

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