Ancient Numismatic Gallery

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The head of Heracles. Obverse of a silver tetradrachm minted in Babylon during the reign of Alexand

flaroh:Roman Imperial Coin chart because I’ve been staring at these babies for the past three years

Spring of Arethusa in Syracuse (Sicily). This is a fresh water spring that borders right on the Medi

Silver didrachm of the island of Paros. On the obverse, a veiled head of Demeter; on the reverse, t

Rare Gold Drachm from Thasos, C. 380 BCThe obverse has the image Dionysos wearing an ivy-wreath and

Denarius of the Emperor Commodus (r. 180-192 CE), representing him as the driver of a quadriga (four

Coin of the polis of Homolion in Thessaly. On the obverse, the head of Philoctetes; on the reverse,

met-greekroman-art:Gold aurei of the Twelve Caesars, Greek and Roman ArtMedium: Gold, amethystGift o

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Silver didrachm of the Euboean polis of Eretria. On the obverse, a cow scratching its head with its

Silver tetradrachm of the Sicilian polis of Syracuse. On the obverse, the head of Athena, encircled

Electrum hekte of the ancient Greek polis of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, depicting a charging

Drachm of Kingdom of Parthia with bust of king wearing a diadem (obverse) and Arsakes seated on a th

cma-greek-roman-art:Stater: Nike (reverse), 336-323 BC, Cleveland Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art

It is easy to forget just how detailed and characterful the portraits on Greek coins could be&hellip

Silver stater of Thebes, featuring a Boeotian shield on the obverse and the head of Dionysus, crowne

Aureus of the short-lived Roman emperor Macrinus (r. 217-218 CE). On the obverse, Macrinus, wearing

Aureus of the Roman emperor Trajan (r. 98-117 CE). On the obverse, a bust of Trajan, crowned with a

Silver tetradrachm of Smyrna with head of Cybele in turreted mural crown (obverse) and Greek inscrip

Sasanian coin, reign of Boran, daughter of Khusrau II (630–631) Obverse: Bust of Boran,

Coin of the Emperor Trajan (r. 98-117 CE). Now in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon. Photo

Sestertius of Nero, countermarked with an “X” for the Legio X Gemina. On the

Silver drachm with bust of Mithridates II wearing a Hellenistic-style diadem (obverse) and arch

Silver 16-litra piece of Syracuse, struck under Heiron II, with head of Heiron’s wife Philisti

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