Ancient Greek coins

Coins of Greece from the Archaic to Roman Imperial periods

Coins struck by cities of ancient Greece

First Greek coinsEdit

Electrum coin from Lydia (VI century)

GreeceEdit

MacedonEdit

Cassander, coin from Macedon 316 BC
Philip III Arrhidaeus, coin from Macedon 317 BC
Aeropos II, coin from Macedon 394 BC
Perdikkas III, coin from Macedon 359 BC
Archelaos I, coin from Macedon 399 BC
Perdikkas II, coin from Macedon 413 BC
Alexander I, coin from Macedon 454 BC
Aigai, coin from Macedon pre 500 BC
Aigai, coin from Macedon pre 500 BC

EpirusEdit

Epirote Republic Tetrobol, 234 BC
Epirote Republic Tetrobol, 234 BC

BoeotiaEdit

Boetia, coin from Thebes, 440 BC

ThessalyEdit

Thessaly, Larissa, 440 BC

CreteEdit

Crete, Phaistos, 300 BC

AtticaEdit

Athens. Archaic Obol
Athens. Tetradrachm Head of Athena r./ ΑΘΕ, owl r. (after 449 BC)
Athens. Tetradrachm Head of Athena r./ ΑΘΕ, owl r. - Classic period (ca. 393-355 BC)
New style Tetradrachm. (152/1 BC)

ThasosEdit

Silver stater. Satyr and nymph (500-463 BC)

AiginaEdit

Aigina, silver stater. Proto sea turtle / Incuse, eight slize segments. (550-525 BC)
Aigina, silver drachm. Land tortoise / Incuse, Α Ι Γ and dolphin in angles.

CorinthiaEdit

Corinth: stater. Pegasos flying l./ Head of Athena l.

PeloponnesusEdit

Argos, 90 BC

ColoniesEdit

Colonies in Asia Minor(Ionia)Edit

Greek coin from Ionia, Klazomenai 499 BC

Colonies in the Black seaEdit

Olbia. late 5th Century BC

Colonies in ThraceEdit

Thrace, Abdera 480 BC

Colonies in IllyriaEdit

Dyrrachium - Drachma: Magistrates: ΚΤΗΤΟΣ & ΦΑ ΝΙΣ ΚΟΥ
Apollonia - Drachma - Magistrates: Aibatios / Carhnos

HispaniaEdit

Bascunes (Pamplona ? : denarius
Ebusus (Ibiza). Circa 210-early 2nd Century BC. Æ

ItaliaEdit

see: Coins of ancient Italy

SiciliaEdit

coins of ancient Sicily

Hellenistic kingdomsEdit

Tetradrachme Mazedonien Alexander d. Gr. (336-325 v. Chr.) mit dem Löwenfell

BaktriaEdit

O// helmeted Eukratides r. R// ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ The Dioscuri on horseback, ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ in ex
O// Diademed bust of Plato r. R//: Helios, riding a quadriga. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΠΛΑΤΩΝΟΣ
Demetrius I of Bactria, founder of the dynasty

SeleuciaEdit

Seleucus I (Nicator), B.C. 312-280, the founder of the dynasty.
Antiochus I Soter. (co-ruler from 291, ruled 281–261 BC)
Silver. O// Head of Antiochus I. R//ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo, naked, seated on omphalos, holding arrows ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ (see: en:Antiochus I Soter)
O// Head of Antiochus IV Epiphanes. (175–164 BC)
R// ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ Zeus Nikephoros enthroned, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ (see: en:Antiochus IV Epiphanes)
Alexander I Balas (154–145 BC)
/ on reverse ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. 150 – 149 BC. (see: en:Alexander I Balas)

DrawingsEdit

Aegina
Dareikos
Sybaris
Tetradrachma från Aten
Antiochos I

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