Ancient Numismatic Gallery
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Silver stater of Thebes with Boeotian shield (obverse) and amphora with volute handles (reverse)Gree
Silver stater of the Euboean League. On the obverse, a cow licking herself; on the reverse, th
historyfilia:The most commonly used coin denominations and their relative sizes during Roman times.
thats-classics-for-you:Silver Athenian Tetradrachm Owl with an olive branch and the head of At
Gold half-stater of King Philip II of Macedon (r. 359-336 BCE), father of Alexander the Great.
archaicwonder:THE coinThis Athenian Owl coin is one of the finest of all Greek coins in existence. I
It is easy to forget just how detailed and characterful the portraits on Greek coins could be&he
Denarius of the Marsic Confederation. It was minted in Campania by C. Papius Mutilius, a Samnite nob
Rare Gold Drachm from Thasos, C. 380 BCThe obverse has the image Dionysos wearing an ivy-wreath and
Gold brooch made from a gold solidus of Honorius. Obverse has a bust of Honorius, diademed, draped a
Cleopatra VII silver tetradrachm, 1st century BCE. (Numismatics Museum, Athens) depicting the queen
Left to right: Elagabalus, Severus Alexander and Gallienus. All from the third century crisis phase
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