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	Ancient Greek coinage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		To facilitate inter-city trade, however, the coins came increasingly to be of a standard value, although marked with the symbols of the issuing city (rather like today's Euro coins, which are recognisably from a particular country, but usable all over the Euro zone).
		The use of coins for propaganda purposes was a Greek invention.
		The best Greek coins are rare and expensive and can only be seen in museums, of which the National Numismatic Museum in Athens is one of the finest.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greek_coins (1093 words)

	Encyclopedia: Greek euro coins
		They were all designed by Georgios Stamatopoulos with the minor coins depicting Greek ships, the middle ones famous Greeks and the two large denominations examples of Greek history and mythology.
		Uniquely, the value of the coins is expressed on the national side in the Greek alphabet, as well as being on the common side as normal.
		The word mythology (from the Greek Î¼Ï…Ï‘Î¿Î»Î¿Î³Î¯Î± mythologÃa, from Î¼Ï…Ï‘Î¿Î»Î¿Î³ÎµÎ¹Î½ mythologein to relate myths, from Î¼Ï…Ï‘Î¿Ï‚ mythos, meaning a narrative, and Î»Î¿Î³Î¿Ï‚ logos, meaning speech or argument) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths â€“ stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use the supernatural to interpret natural events and...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Greek-euro-coins (862 words)

	ACM Presents DOUG SMITH: "GREEK BRONZES" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Coins were issued from the city and, probably, from other mints to support wars in Sicily.
		The coins were issued in a number of denominations in all metals but few have much in the way of legends beyond an occasional Punic letter (here at obverse right?).
		Coins of this city founded by Phoenician colonists are prime examples of a stretch of the term 'Greek' but are an interesting part of the numismatic picture of the Mediterranean region.
	www.ancientcoinmarket.com /ds/greek_bronzes/1.html (1779 words)

	Ancient Greek Coins of Miletus (Miletos, Ionia, Anatolia, Turkey)
		The electrum lion coins of the kings of Lydia — Considered by some to be the first true coins, these Archaic electrum pieces were issued by the early Lydian kings—probably Alyattes or Sadyattes—about 600 BC, several decades before the reign of the famous Lydian king Croesus.
		The early electrum lion coins of Miletus — The first series of coins that is attributable to Miletus with certainty is a well-known group of sixth-century electrum issues that include full staters as well as thirds, sixths, twelfths, and twenty-fourths.
		Provincial bronze coins were struck at Miletus by a number of Roman emperors, including this type which features an obverse portrait of the emperor Nero and a reverse image of the Milesian cult statue of Apollo Didymaeus.
	rjohara.net /coins (1540 words)

	University of Texas Press: Greek Coins
		Coins first appeared in the region of Lydia (western Turkey) in the late seventh century B.C. and gradually spread throughout the Greek world.
		Coin designs show the badges of city-states, the portraits of rulers, Greek gods, myths, and objects of daily life.
		Coins were circulated in trade, used as gifts or dedications, and hoarded as valuables.
	www.utexas.edu /utpress/books/cargrp.html (173 words)

	Ancient Roman and Greek Coins, page 2
		Apollo on a coin of the Roman Republic).
		Coins of some emperors are occasionally available by the hundreds at a time at major wholesaler's shows because people keep digging up hoards of those coins.
		Greek coins are not as common as late Roman coins, but some attractive Greek silver types are occasionally found in hoards of over a hundred pieces.
	esty.ancients.info /numis/intro2.html (2012 words)

	Greek euro coins -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Greek euro coins feature a unique design for every one of the eight coins.
		They were all designed by Georgios Stamatopoulos with the minor coins depicting Greek ships, the middle ones famous Greeks and the two large denominations examples of Greek history and (Myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person) mythology.
		Unique to the national side of Greek coins is that the value of the coin is expressed in the Greek alphabet.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/G/Gr/Greek_euro_coins.htm (315 words)

	Ancient Greek Money and Coins
		Money in form of coins is as strange as sounds one of the main reasons for the scientific revolution that started in the Ionian Greek islands.
		Many Greek coins seems not to have any number showing their value like today coins (it was specified by the weight).
		The coining of the previously stagnant Persian gold stocks and payments to Alexander's soldiers, many of whom settle in new towns founded by him, give an enormous stimulus to trade throughout his empire.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Money.htm (1861 words)

	Greek Euro Coins
		The Minister for the National Economy and the Governor of the Bank of Greece chose the designs for their euro coins from a set of proposals presented by a national technical and artistic committee.The designer of the winning motifs was sculptor Georges Stamatopoulos, sponsored by the Bank of Greece.
		Our Greek Euro sets are packaged in an attractive card within a 2-sided plastic case so that the coins can be viewed from both sides or removed if required.
		He was a pioneer in social reform, a renowned diplomat and played a key role in modernising the Greek state and liberating Northern Greece and the Aegean islands.
	www.eurocoins.co.uk /greece.html (563 words)

	Celtic Coins - Ancient Greek coins - Calgary Coin Gallery
		Coins struck by the ancient Celtic cultures from all parts of the ancient world.
		They were very late to issue coins, probably having no need for coins until contact with southern Europeans and their trade goods created a need for them.
		With no domestic coinage of their own, the early Celtic coins often imitated Greek coins of the people they traded with, especially Macedonian coins of Philip II, Alexander the Great and Philip III, but gradually modifying signs to suit Celtic artistic tastes.
	www.calgarycoin.com /ancient05.htm (273 words)

	Ancient Roman and Greek Coins, page 3
		Yes, coins pictured in snail-mail lists tend to be rather expensive, say $50 to $200 or more for the cheap ones, and many firms put out lists where most coins cost hundreds of dollars.
		Greek coins from before 300 BC are very available and some are among the most beautiful coins ever minted (Tarentum, horseman / dolphin, Corinth, Pegasus / Athena, Larissa, facing head / horse).
		My experience has been that many "ancient" coins owned by individuals who do not collect ancient coins are fake, however, a large majority of "ancient" coins carried by dealers who specialize in U.S. coins are genuinely ancient, and virtually all the coins carried by dealers who specialize in ancients are ancient.
	esty.ancients.info /numis/intro3.html (3426 words)

	Ancient Coin Store - ancient roman and greek coins, collectibles, and antiquities
		Coins are "witnesses" to the past and have aesthetic value beyond their monetary value as collectibles.
		Greek and Roman citizens would bury their coins for safekeeping, much in the same way as we today place our money in the bank for safekeeping.
		Soldiers and citizens often buried their coins before battle, and as people were driven from their lands or even worse, killed, the coins would remain where they lay for hundreds or even thousands of years and more.
	www.ancientcoinstore.com (408 words)

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		The coins stuck by Euthydemus, Demetrius and Antimachus (weriearing kausia cap and half mocking smile) are purely Greek in style, in language and in weight.
		This is a bilingual coin with interrupted legends.
		Coins bearing last Yavana King Hermaeus and first Kushana ruler Kujula Kadphises are available indicating eventual passing of Kabul valley and whole of North east India to Kushana dynasty, the next suzerain power in ancient India.
	www.med.unc.edu /~nupam/greek1.html (1794 words)

	Ancient Greek & Roman Coins - Fourrees
		Hidden among the scratches on the reverse of this coin are fine traces of a seam including a place at 5 o'clock where the core is exposed.
		The coin used for a master for this process bore test cuts on Athena's neck and on the face of the owl.
		The flaws shown on this coin were caused by the removal of corrosion or horn silver from the coin.
	dougsmith.ancients.info /fourreeg.html (1290 words)

	Greek Coins Index
		Scholars have long suspected that the god known as Dionysus is in fact a fusion of a local Greek nature god, and another more potent god imported rather late in Greek pre-history from Phrygia (the central area of modern day Turkey) or Thrace.
		The first Greek colonies in Thrace were founded in the 6th century BC.
		Thrace south of the Danube (except for the land of the Bessi) was ruled for nearly half a century by the Persians under Darius the Great who conducted an expedition into the region from 513 BC to 512 BC.
	www.wakeforestcoins.com /greekcoins/greekindex.htm (1504 words)

	Ancient Roman and Greek Coins
		The most common ancient coins are Roman coins minted in the third and fourth centuries AD (200 AD to 400 AD), so most ancient coins are 1600 years old or older, and many are over 2000 years old.
		The next one is a common silver coin the size of a dime (a denarius), struck by a Roman emperor.
		Next is a small (dime-sized, 15 mm) Greek silver coin (a drachma) of the type struck at the the city of Rhodes, minted in the second century BC.
	esty.ancients.info /numis (411 words)

	Amazon.com: Greek Coins (Classical Bookshelf (Austin, Texas).): Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This book is basically a century per chapter of Greek coins with a nice, round selection of pictures from each.
		From a representative sample of the great variety of coins known, the book concentrates on the archeological evidence for dating coins and discusses the history of the factors that caused the cultures to produce them.
		It gives a basic outline of greek history according to coinage and is introductory in its nature.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0292711840?v=glance (571 words)

	ROBERT G. LILLY
		If you want you may send me an e-mail to reserve a coin or coins, and I will usually respond with a confirmation within 48 hours (If I don't I'm probably out of town).
		Coins may be reserved for up to 10 days.
		Coins may be returned for 14 days after receipt for a full refund unless damaged in some way.
	www.newwave.net /~lilcoins (208 words)

	Ancient Greek Coins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		All the Greek coins are at least 2,000 years old and the ones we have portrays animals on one side.
		He was involved in the formation of the Chalkidian League in 432 B.C. Source: Greek Coins and Their Values Vol.
		Syracuse was established by Corinthian colonist and it became the greatest of the ancient cities of Sicily.
	www.31centuries.com /ancientcoins/greekcoins/greekcoins.htm (980 words)

	Greek Coins
		It is not certain whether it was the Lydians or the Greeks who developed the concept of coined money in the West.
		Greek coins are, for the most part, magnificent works of art as well as practical economic and political statements.
		The developing tradition of Greek coinage was adopted by many non-Greek peoples in ancient times: For example, Greek models can be seen in issues of the Nabateans, Himyarites, Jews, Carthage, Phoenicia - and in the case of Parthia there was a direct take-over from the Seleukids.
	www.deepfield.com /anoot/gallery_three.htm (511 words)

	Amazon.com: Handbook of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The manufacture of ancient Greek coins becomes all the more remarkable when we ponder the means by which they were made.
		This covers Greek coins from 680 B.C. to Roman Coins up to 476 A.D. The scope of this book is basically European coinage for roughly 1,000 years.
		There is a interesting introducing chapter and after the boor is organized in two main chapter, the old greek coins ant the imperial roman coins.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/030709362X?v=glance (2099 words)

	Greek Coins Topic Discovery Coins and Collecting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The ANS collection of ancient Greek coins is one of the five major collections in the world and comprises...
		Serves the interests of Greek and foreign numismatists and collectors of Greek coins, banknotes, tokens, medals and decorations.
		Numismatists are sometimes differentiated from coin collectors inasmuch as the latter chiefly derive pleasure from the simple ownership of monetary devices, whereas the former are more concerned with acquiring knowledge about monetary devices and systems.
	www.topicdiscovery.com /topics/coins/greek-coins.html (1825 words)

	Greek Coins Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Commemorative & Collectible Coins - Morgan Mint - Shop for collectible and commemorative coins, including colorized and holographic designs at Morgan Mint.
		Accent Rare Coins & Gold Coins - Great variety of collector coins, rare coins, gold coins, world coins & more online.
		Greek Numismatics: Overview of modern Greek coins since the 19th century includes listings by date and coin images
	encyclopedia.localcolorart.com /encyclopedia/Greek_coins (1296 words)

	ANS: Ancient Greek Coins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The ANS collection of ancient Greek coins is one of the five major collections in the world and comprises some 100,000 items, classified according to regions and mints of the ancient world, from west to east, from Spain and Gaul (Celtic coins), Italy and Sicily through mainland Greece, all the way to modern Afghanistan.
		It includes all Greek coins, struck roughly between 650 B.C. and the time of the Roman conquest, and also the bronze coinages of the Greek cities under Roman administration, the so-called "Greek imperials", better defined as Roman provincial.
		More than half of the Greek collection comes from the bequest of Edward T. Newell, ANS president 1916-1941 and foremost scholar in the field of hellenistic numismatics.
	www.amnumsoc.org /collections/cugreek.html (224 words)

	Ancient coins, biblical coins, ancient oil lamps, greek coins, coin gifts
		The images on ancient coins range from sublime depictions of natural beauty on the coins of Greece to stark reminders of the brutality Roman era politics.
		Roman, Byzantine, Greek, Kushan, and Indian coinage, as well as antiquities from the Holy Land and South Asia, including Gandharan Sculpture, and Bronze and Iron Arrowheads.
		You can carry the unique beauty of ancient coins with you where ever you go, with our coin t-shirts, jewelry, ceramic mugs, mouse pads, or posters.
	www.coinart.net (283 words)

	Fleur de Coin - Greek modern coins and the Euro currency
		Named after the highest coin grade, this website is the result of the love and hard work of just one person...
		Fleur de Coin is geared mainly towards collectors searching for information about the Greek modern coins and the european currency.
		Although this is the main focus of the site, I have tried my best to include interesting content about coin collecting in general, ranging from little-known facts to complete series of articles about coin minting and more.
	www.fleur-de-coin.com (440 words)

	Greek Currency Directory
		The purpose of this site is to provide collectors with a list of greek banknotes and coins from 1828 to present.
		The stuff is separated in two main parts: Coins and Paper Money, and each of them is devided in chronological categories.
		This site does not claim to be complete, but on the contrary it includes only the items of my personal collection.
	www.geocities.com /colosseum/4340/greek-currency (106 words)

	Coins - Ancient Greek Coins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Collecting and cleaning roman coins is an inexpensive, educational, and fun hobby.
		Coins of Rome, Greece, and other cultures are featured along...
		An introduction to the bronze, silver, and electrum coins of the ancient Greek city of Miletos (Miletus)...
	www.interneting.net /ancientgreekcoins (469 words)

	oldromancoins.com - Roman coins, ancient coins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		coins of Augustus coins of Tiberius coins of Caligula coins of Claudius
		coins of Nero, Galba, Otho, and Vitellius coins of Vespasian, Titus and Domitian
		coins of the Severan dynasty coins of Roman military Emperors coins of the late Roman Empire
	www.oldromancoins.com (262 words)

	The Gorgons of Parion
		It was used on Greek shields to frighten the enemy as well as for it's hypnotic ability--something about the gorgoneion attracts gaze of enemy soldiers toward the shield and thus away from the weapon hand.
		The coin is apparently attributed to the 'Tectosages of Galatia' tribe.
		The reverse (eagle) is obscured by an unrecognized countermark.
	www.snible.org /coins/parion.html (1881 words)

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