Early Greek Coins - Classical Greek Coins
 

Early Electron: Lydia, Kroisos, Archaic Coins: Athens, Aigina, Corinth, Classical Coins: Thaos, Gela, Bruttium, Naxos, Akragas, Syracusa, Rhodos

Early Electron Coins

The first coins were "nuggets" of electron, a naturally occuring alloy of silver and gold, initially without much design, here a Trite from Ionia, 7th century BC
7th century BC

A trite from Lydia, ca. 600 BC
Kroisos, Stater of  Lydia, ca. 560 BC, the first silver / gold currency
Thracia Stater, ca. 500 BC

2 geese on Eion Drachm (Silver, 4.16 g), c. 490
a Persian dareike, almost old fashioned at the time of 375 BC

The Archaic Trading Powers of Greece:  Aegina, Athens, Corinthos

Aegina, a famous trade coin, the tetradarchm, 5th century BC
The owl of Athens, a tetradrachm after 449 BC

Corinthos, the third major trading city, first an archaic example
second a classical example,
 

The Classical Period
 

Thasos, 420 BC
Gela
Bruttium, Rhegion, ca. 435 BC
Naxos 460 BC (reproduction)
Naxos, Sicilia, ca. 425 BC
Sicilia, Akragas, ca. 500 BC

A dekadrachm of Syrakusa, signed by the artist Euianetos ca. 400 BC
 

and by Eumenes and Euianetos
and by Eumenes
and by Kimon

and by Eukleidas
another unsigned tetradrachm
one more
Syrakusa, Agathokles, 50 Litra
Syrakusa, Agathokles Tetradrachm

Rhodos, 408 BC
 

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