Ancient Greek coinage

Coins were invented in the Kingdom of Lydia, in what is now western Turkey, in about 620 BC (they were independently invented in China and India in about 600 BC). Coinaage soon spread to the independent city states of Ionia on the Aegean coast, and then to the rest of the Greek world, which extended at that time from the Black Sea to Sicily and southern Italy.

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. The Classical period then began, and lasted until the conquests of And presentation of the Greek modern coins

  • Ancient Minting includes information about the ancient Greek minting process under "Ancient Coins and Experimental Archaeology"
  • The Classical Numismatics Discussion Board

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