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Archaic Period - 800-500 BC

There is some debate regarding where the world's first true coin came from... (continue)

An Example of The World's First Coin

Uncertain Mint, Ionia, c. 650 - 600 B.C.

The Classic Style - 500-330 BC

As the popularity of coins increased, so did the amount of attention to detail and elaborate artistic designs to... (continue)

Classical Greek Style - Attica Athenian Owl

The Athenian Tetradrachms

Hellenistic Period - 330-30 BC

Some historians believe that the Hellenistic period started with... (continue)

Hellenistic Style - Arsinoe II Gold Octodrachm 

Arsinoe II, sister and wife of Ptolemy of Egypt. 

 Roman Empire - ‎United Empire (27 BC to 395 AD)

In the 2nd to 1st centuries BC, Rome conquered Greece piece by piece until... (continue)

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