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    Ancient Greek coinage - Wikipedia

    • The history of ancient Greek coinage can be divided (along with most other Greek art forms) into four periods: the Archaic, the Classical, the Hellenistic and the Roman. The Archaic period extends from the introduction of coinage to the Greek world during the 7th century BC until the Persian Wars in about 480 BC. The Classical period then began, and lasted until t… See more

    Weight standards and denominations

    The three most important standards of the ancient Greek monetary system were the Attic standard, based on the Athenian
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    Archaic period (until about 480 BC)

    The earliest known electrum coins, Lydian and East Greek coins found under the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, are currently dated to around 640 BC. These coins were issued either by the non-Greek Lydians for their own us… See more

    Classical period (480–323 BC)

    The Classical period saw Greek coinage reach a high level of technical and aesthetic quality. Larger cities now produced a range of fine silver and gold coins, most bearing a portrait of their patron god or goddess or a legendary h… See more

    Hellenistic period (323–31 BC)

    The Hellenistic period was characterized by the spread of Greek culture across a large part of the known world. Greek-speaking kingdoms were established in Egypt and Syria, and for a time also in Iran and as far east as wha… See more

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    Weight standards and denominations
    Archaic period (until about 480 BC)
    Classical period (480–323 BC)
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  1. Ancient Greek coinage12345:
    • The three most important standards were the Attic, Corinthian, and Aeginetan standards.
    • The first coins were made of electrum (a mix of gold and silver) and spread throughout the Eastern Mediterranean.
    • Every major Greek city had its own elaborate coin types.
    • Greek coins were made using silver, gold, electrum, copper alloy, and bronze.
    • The history of Ancient Greek coins can be divided into three periods: Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic.
    • Ancient Greeks are credited with inventing metal coinage.
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    The three most important standards of the ancient Greek monetary system were the Attic standard, based on the Athenian drachma of 4.3 grams (2.8 pennyweights) of silver, the Corinthian standard based on the stater of 8.6 g (5.5 dwt) of silver, that was subdivided into three silver drachmas of 2.9 g (1.9 dwt), and the Aeginetan stater or didrachm of 12.2 g (7.8 dwt), based on a drachma of 6.1 g (3.9 dwt).

    Ancient Greek coinage - Wikipedia

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    The Lydians or the Ionian Greeks introduced coinage sometime in the 7th century BCE. The first coins were made of electrum (a mix of gold and silver) and quickly spread throughout the Eastern Mediterranean. By the beginning of the Classical period in Greece, every major city had its own elaborate coin types.

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    • Evolution & Function of Coinage Trade in the ancient world was largely conducted through the exchange of one type of goods for another in a barter system that worked well for millennia. ...

    Ancient Greek Coinage - World History En…

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    The history of Ancient Greek coins can be divided (along with most other Greek art forms), into three periods, the Archaic, the Classical and the Hellenistic. The Archaic period extends from the introduction of coinage to the Greek world in about 600 BC until the Persian Wars in about 480 BC.

    Ancient Greek coinage - Hellenica World

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    The ancient Greeks are credited with inventing democracy, a language that largely remains unchanged for over 3000 years, and metal coinage as we know it today. From ores taken from ancient mines in the Mediterranean; copper, electrum, silver and gold all became small tokens of intrinsic value that were used in trade all over the ancient world.

    Ancient Greek coins – Numista

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    Ancient Greek Coinage: History and Major Facts

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