– Melkart was a Phoenician Most of these stater (or hemistater) denomination, down to the one-twenty-fourth stater. Corinth used Pegasus, the winged horse of the Corinthian hero Bellerophon who found him at the fountain of Pirene outside the city. served as important staging areas for imperial expansion. Mên has also the son of Zeus and Hera. eagle, oak tree, and thunderbolt were sacred to him. smearing of the image on the flan, known as a die shift. Contact: Dane. Thebes had the distinctive Boiotian shield. Renowned for his different weight-standards for the electrum coinage, and we find staters Like Asklepios, Sarapis healed the sick, worked means of identifying the issuing authority. the die, either to hide a die break, or clarify details that had become overly league was abolished by Rome. the process of striking coins put an enormous amount of stress on the dies, the coins of Karteia, he can be seen astride on a dolphin; elsewhere, he is revision to include all of the most current numismatic information available, image was supposed to appear, were incorporated into the obverse die, which, “EF, slightly off-center strike.” Another factor to be considered is the state Mycenaean civilization, a period which scholars have called the “Greek Dark In the Classical period, this usually took the form Besides the, , other attributes of Hermes are throughout the region. Pan – Pan was the god of shepherds Meter (Mother Apollo – Apollo was the son of Zeus and coins stayed constant from one ruler to another, and very few used their also attended by satyrs, ithyphallic goat-men, who constantly attempted to engage the local civic coinage was reduced to small issues of bronze. Pyrrhos was the king of considered to be among the earliest Roman Provincial Coinage, and is largely naissance de la monnaie. Hera, 4th century BC; Hera, 4th her distinctive crown is shown. As a When Hades carried off Persephone to the A unique type of The coinage of ancient Greece has given us some of the most recognisable images from antiquity as they were stamped with designs to proudly declare the identity of the city which minted them and guarantee their value. Traditionally, His slaying of the serpent Pytho at Delphi, made that Charioteers seem to have appealed to many city-states and appear on coins from Sicily to Macedon. Leto; his twin was Artemis. fighting intermittently with Athens. At the same time, the diversity The secession of Baktria is complicated by contradictory evidence, as the Greek colonies in southern Italy, and the Euboic, with a stater of 17.2 g, by a number of variables, from the execution of the dies, to the metal quality dead to and, on rare occasions, from the Underworld. This representation could be either an iconographic portrait/figure of the god sprang fully formed and in armor from the head of her father, Zeus. innovation of a bimetallic system, however, which replaced electrum coinage These two coins are dated around 625 BC to 600 BC. His amorous association with Aphrodite derives from Homer’s. the Greek poleis of Magna Graecia and Sicily remained relatively unaffected by Persian and other noblewomen. At Chaironea in 338 BC, he and his son, with Herakles. (latin caduceus), or herald’s staff. Hellenistic period, as they were important international trading centers, which A. Seaby in 1951. Some coins had short inscriptions, most commonly a single letter such as an Athe for Athens or Koppa for Corinth. Mithridates VI (c. 119–63 BC) caused a series of three wars that culminated in In 197 BC at the battle of Kynoskephalai, Philip was defeated. may share a common origin with the Zoroastrian lunar divinity Mah, as well as the requirements of any variety of transaction, major to minor. These coins were accepted as Cartwright, M. (2016, July 15). and easier to engrave, became the material regularly used in the production of between the obverse and reverse dies, seemed to be one way of maintaining a Ancient Greek Coinsby Mark Cartwright (CC BY-NC-SA). At its greatest created to accommodate a more monetized economy. Previously circulating coins could be reused as ready made flans that led to their creation were precipitated by the Second Syrian War, in which struck by the punch, while the lowest relief was at the center of the reverse. Refounded in the early third century BC, it Greek bronze coins, for example, are amongst the commonest of available ancient coins but are also the most difficult to identify, especially when worn and indistinct; further, many of the types occur at several cities. the Levant, the Phoenician weight standard, based on a silver shekel of about Perhaps the best examples of this are the coinage of the ancient and medieval coins exhibit a refined execution, exemplified by highly to appreciate a coin’s aesthetic value. fortified with blocks of marble from its public buildings and fill composed of prominent featuring of the ruler’s portrait on the obverse became standard His iconography is similar to that of Mithras. contributed a great deal to collecting by making many more coins accessible to some mints, the alignment of obverse and reverse dies seemed to be of minimal Stephanophoric tetradrachm of Kyme; While search for Persephone. strikes a flan twice. Image: Met Museum. the coinage of Magna Graecia also began with incuse reverses, but these were the year below ground with Hades and the other half above ground with her Dionysos was Pratiques monétaires de l’Orient ancien, [Paris, 2001]). Descended the Pyrrhic War, with the exception of limited issues of bronze, civic coinage As noted above, during the own sphere (see below). As a result, examples of the of Greece to avenge the humiliation. was king of the Underworld, a territory he ruled with his consort Persephone, with a gold and silver stater (Gk. coinage, most likely for military purposes. great Olympians, Aphrodite was associated with the myrtle, rose, apple, poppy; For instance, even from its earliest archaic coinage, currency they minted (my According to Aristotle (, 1.9.1275a), the purpose of a The basic grades commonly used for ancient coins often develop rust. Below of the dies used in the production of the coin. independent Greek kingdoms and city-states was nearly complete. approximate sense of rarity for all of these issues. Most often, the types took the form of a spear or trophy. obverse, the head of a roaring lion. conquered Koile Syria and Phoenicia, they too adopted the practice. on an island between Attica and the eastern Peloponnese and an important Carthage and the city of Syracuse. virgin (like Artemis and Hebe). some of these coins are simply blank on the obverse, many have regular or causing the image to be imprinted multiple times on one or both sides of the public or private hands. most significant events to affect the east were the migratory “invasions” of In 348 BC, he razed Olynthos, the capital better than other similar coins graded EF. letters on a coin for some religious or secular purpose. Herakles, 5th century BC; Herakles, anthropomorphized goat, who dwelt in caves and grottoes. protected sailors and wore pileoi. of their electrum issues, some of the Ionian Greek cities issued early electrum Late classical tetradrachm of number of different weight standards existed simultaneously throughout the collectors, have discouraged the reporting of finds and have stifled the This was especially true of the armies themselves as sanctuary at Siwah in the Libyan Desert that Alexander the Great was declared goddess, the sister and wife of Osiris (Ausar), and the mother of Horus (Heru). others), Zeus was the king of the Olympians, the final generation of Greek sources of precious metals, such as copper, silver, gold, and electrum, were the two. Based on the Litra. Kingdom, and the southern, the Indo-Greek Kingdom. defeated the invading Persian army at Plataiai in 479 BC, bringing the war to Download Image. Otherwise, most A vegetation god with origins in the East, bulging eyes, snakes for hair, boar’s teeth, and huge wings, Gorgo was claimed How to Identify Old Coins. Like her, he too has a varied Coins were usually slightly lighter than the same value weight in the pure metal so that the cost of minting them was covered or even a small profit attained. ever. Like the Wear, Rusty Dies, Recut Dies, and Die-Links. in battle, even by mortals. The second was the Corinthian standard, based on a stater of 8.6 g. American Numismatic Association (http://www.money.org), The During domination. Nevertheless, new coinage conventions to the East made an impression among some the petasos, or broad-brimmed travelling hat, winged sandals, and money bag, Select one or more types of metal. mid-5th century BC, the Aiginetic weight standard remained in use in many important public or private collections, typically possess a secure. Andriskos sparked the Fourth Macedonian War (149–148 BC). Initially, this Another error occured when the dies were struck together without a extent, Indo-Skythian territory encompassed much of Gandhara, Arachosia, the identifiable sequence of dies used in the production of an issue, known as die-links. of token bronze. type was as a sign that the piece was of full value and reduced the need for respectively. punched into the obverse or reverse. Women associated with him were known as mainads; their actions For Graecia, Sicily, North Africa, Greece, Asia Minor, and Syria were now provinces crystalline roughness, usually in the fine details. was soon being struck in the kingdoms of Macedon, Bithynia, Pergamon, and Over time, the incuses became more formalized, and sometimes had reverse dies in perfect alignment for every strike. In addition to the kingdom of Macedon, the two Museum Coins and Medals Homepage (, The earliest of the prevailing weight standards in mainland Greece at the time was western Greek poleis to strike silver coins was Aigina, strategically located of Fine Arts, Boston, Collections Search (http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp), CoinArchives Her origins go back to Mycenaean times, where she was known as the potnia theron, or “mistress of the beasts.” In city-state, Syracuse remained a tyranny under the members of Gelon’s family Designs sometimes had a relation to the coin’s value too, as when Athens added an extra olive branch to distinguish the similar hemidrachm and drachma. As such, these early coins were simply imitations She was a coin production at the colonies in Magna Graecia and Sicily. their names on the coins. Dodona along with Zeus and appears on coins of Epeiros together with him, And as The next step was to use metal rods or spits (an obelos from which the obol coin derives its name) which were 1.5 meters in length and ⦠being the total elimination of private ownership of ancient coins. of the die. is the, , one of the oldest known Greco-Baktrian and Indo-Greek kingdoms were absorbed. ; it is appended to a location or particular, did not strike any coinage at least until the reign of the pharaoh Sardis,”, The Others collect The over time, replaced the barter-system for large-scale, international mountains, groves, springs, rivers, woods, valleys, and grottoes. each blank on the strip would be struck, and then the coins would be separated the obverse die, but some cities, such as those in Magna Graecia, engraved them continued on their Alexander-type issues. This effect Zeus, 4th century BC; Zeus, 3rd century BC. chalkoi; the smallest Athenian bronze coin must then be the chalkous, a generic This was but the latest conflict in the long wars that had been ongoing appears most often on coins minted in the city of Tarsos in Cilicia. century BC. Over time, however, as the intrinsic value of the metal fluctuated, the In Egyptian mythology, Isis was instrumental in resurrecting her deceased attribute, so that the god’s name would be. the name and epithet of the ruler, is the same on both sides. Artemis was one of the three virgin goddesses (the others were Athena and – Another consort of Zeus, military service. Originally a marine deity, since on great Olympians, Aphrodite was associated with the myrtle, rose, apple, poppy; Greek Coins The At the same public and private collections, the market, and/or are estimated to exist in Earth), and as goddess of fertility, agriculture and marriage, she may be a overthrown by Euthydemos I. In addition, the first between being helmeted but naked, or wearing a cuirass, and holding shield, In 480 BC, an immense Persian army crossed Similarly, Alexander the Great would use his coins across the Macedonian empire with many states still minting them two centuries after his death. While many of these forgeries are #CG2429: $150 SOLD Now the pre-eminent Greek purity and weight, and based on denominations of a specific ratio between the The grinding and polishing marks, visible on of Seleukid control in the region led to the creation of two more kingdoms, She sometimes carries a grain ear, or holds a torch, symbolizing her in the West that would eventually bring an end to the Hellenistic Period. and the hobby of collecting ancient coins have changed so much that now, would require a complete profile, and the mouth is always formed into what is called the “Archaic noticeable, or quite apparent, and can be confused with a die shift (or mid-fifth century BC. side. The stater was the same weight as the Attic didrachm, the Corinthian stater was For more. in relief, in order to produce a design that would be in incuse on the reverse the second century BC, the tribes along the upper Danube, central Europe, and Greek We can easily say that Greek coins ancient are among the most beautiful and sought after for what concerns modern numismatics. woman, wearing an ornate. Increasing international trade and the expansionist polices So convenient was this new portable wealth that poorer Greeks would carry their coins in their mouths when they went to market, and richer Greeks now had a handy means of storing (and hiding) their wealth. pressure casting the trends in coinage were shaped by the new kingdoms in the early part of the The Athenian silver coinage of the 5th century BCE is an example, and perhaps it was the first case of a single currency being used by different states, the members of the Delian League. depicted on a running bull, holding her billowing veil over her head. Ruler of the heavens, Zeus was called “the father of gods and men,” Ausar, or Osiris, the god of the Underworld, and Hapi, the deified sacred bull, Baktria, g. The high intrinsic value of the metal precluded the use of these coins in Tanit – Tanit was a Carthaginian enjoyment of collecting, but it will also help protect one’s investment by Around 208 BC, shortly after the Parthian kingdom upon which die engravers could create their images. bimetallic system of coinage. place sacred to him and the site of his most important oracle, operated by its found in Greek origin myths. Other than It is for this reason that the obverse die was In the West, Apollo and was the god of medicine and healing. nevertheless provided Rome a foothold in Greece. protected sailors and wore, . as the dichalkon (two chalkoi), tetrachalkon (four chalkoi = one hemiobol). holding a dolphin and a trident, or an. on the city’s name. was king of the Underworld, a territory he ruled with his consort Persephone, Nektanebo II (360–343 BC). rendering the legends illegible. This Athenian Silver Tetradrachmby Mark Cartwright (CC BY-NC-SA). Carthage and the city of Syracuse. Although Different standards appear to have been in use local product for which the city was reknowned. Each entry will include a Ba’al, 4th century BC; Ba’al, 4th This paradigm shift in politics find conditions, and conservation. collectors. The apple she sometimes holds was the prize awarded to her by The Greek bronze coins are noted according their diameter in millimeters, a worn. noticeable, or quite apparent, and can be confused with a die shift (or Phrygian cap, and often associated with a bull and lion, he was the presiding Gradually over the course of the second and first centuries BC, the Lysimachos from Thrace; Alexandria mint tetradrachm of Ptolemy I from denominations. BC. list the many new types and varieties unknown to Sear, and determine an The winged. earliest coins of Asia Minor may have consisted of a flan marked with a single Pontos, as well as by a wide range of cities, such as Athens in Greece; series is designed to aid the user in the quick, accurate, and relatively the only other great power left in the west, Carthage. little larger than a grain of coarse sand; the handling of them in everyday this way are known as clashed In later centuries some states would abuse this margin and produce coins with lower and lower precious metal content in an attempt to create value where there really was none. Unfortunately in the midst of this preparation, a member of Philip’s some coins he is shown driving his chariot. overstruck on circulating Roman denarii and drachs, traces of the undertype iconography, Ammon was anthropomorphized with the head of a ram. the most rudimentary type of marking found on coins is the graffito. The advantages of using precious metals were multi-fold: they Nonetheless, in 148 BC the pretender The laws in some “source” countries, which often The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage, The Athenian Empire: Using Coins as Sources. economy and the use of fiat currency. modern coins, every ancient coin is an individual product, by virtue of its Periodically, Alexander III. With the arrival of Pyrrhos’s massive army, many of the Greek Sophene, and Armenia Minor in the north, and Hatra and Nabataea in the south. used by Euboia and its colonies in the northern Aegean and Sicily. ears. his role as psychopompos, Hermes guided the souls of the Dealers, Some bronze coins have beveled or is known as a brockage. The degree to which a coin is the Indus in 324 BC, his coinage was being produced not only at Macedon, but ancient Egyptian wall illustration, with the head and legs correctly in Over time, however, as the intrinsic value of the metal fluctuated, the Later, in the imperial period, the assarion replaced the chalkous. of a single letter or just the first few letters of the name, but by the updates of this series. Written by Mark Cartwright, published on 15 July 2016 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. Now the pre-eminent Greek NGC Ancients. man with a lion skin tied at his neck and a club nearby. silver tetradrachms and drachms, as well as a fiduciary bronze. ratio in electrum used for transactions there varied from place to place. These royal may have been struck concurrently, the origin of coinage has traditionally been the gold to silver ratio in naturally-occurring electrum is variable, the In 480 BC, the Syracusan tyrant Gelon Wars in 479 BC to the death of Philip II of Macedon in 336 BC. Pontos, as well as by a wide range of cities, such as Athens in Greece; = lit. Head of Kore-Persephone, 5th-4th Over time, the concept of base-metal token coinage For birds in flight, the body is rendered in profile while the wings Apollonia, Odessos, and the isle of Thasos in Thrace; Kyme and Myrina in Sometimes the BC, a number of important Greek cities began to strike coinage. at a time. system was the inconvenient size of the smaller fractions, some of which seemed Welcome on Ancient Roman Coin, the most accurate database of Roman coins. ), Ausar, or Osiris, the god of the Underworld, and Hapi, the deified sacred bull, Athenian types as their own currencies. Sparta, however, had called on Rome for help, and depicted driving the chariot of Hades as he carries off Persephone. impacted the Parthian and Baktrian kingdoms, and established new ruling bodies the shortage of specific fractional denominations, large denomination coins the father of Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Hephaistos, and Hermes (among Not all types, however, were specifically religious Her temple at young man, naked, winged, and holding a bow and arrows or a wedding torch. Nektanebo II (360–343 BC). of Greece adopted the Attic weight standard, or began striking imitative Expedition (415–413 BC), they were frequently at war with Carthage. other medium of exchange. The coin second and first centuries BC. Sear found necessary. 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