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Satraps: Ancient Coins of the Persian Governors

October 4, 2023 Mike Markowitz Leave a comment

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ….. THE ACHAEMENID EMPIRE of Persia founded by Cyrus the Great (ruled 559-530 BCE) was eventually conquered (330 BCE) by Alexander the Great. Achaemenid kings ruled their vast, multi-ethnic state through a system of appointed governors or satraps, recruited mainly from a narrow elite of closely related Iranian […]

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Oh, You Kid: Goats on Ancient Coins

September 7, 2023 Mike Markowitz Leave a comment

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ….. GOATS WERE FIRST domesticated as long as 11,000 years ago, probably in the Zagros Mountains of Iran (Daly, 1). The goat (Capra hircus) became a vital and much-loved element of ancient Greek agriculture, providing milk, meat, wool, and skins. Sure-footed goats easily managed the rugged mountainous terrain […]

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Ancient Greek Coins of Aiolis: The Minor Cities

August 21, 2023 Steve Benner Leave a comment

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek ….. The previous article that I wrote on Aiolis covered the larger commercial cities of Aigai, Cyme, and Myrina. I singled them out because these cities produced stephanophoric tetradrachms in the mid-second century BCE. This article covers the rest of the cities in Aiolis, which is a small region on […]

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Ancient Greek Coins of Aiolis: Aigai, Cyme and Myrina

August 2, 2023 Steve Benner Leave a comment

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek ….. Aiolis was a small region on the west coast of Asia Minor (see Figure 1). It was surrounded by Lydia to the east, Mysia to the north, Ionia to the south, and the Aegean Sea to the west. Its northern part was opposite the island of Lesbos, and its […]

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Pegasus on Ancient Greek Coins

June 15, 2023 Tyler Rossi Leave a comment

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ….. As one of the most famous and recognizable mythical figures from the ancient Greco-Roman world to have survived into the modern day, Pegasus is a highly interesting figure that appears in many stories and on many ancient coins. The name “Pegasus” has two potential meanings. It either means “of […]

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Coins of Ancient Greek Pamphylia

February 21, 2023 Steve Benner Leave a comment

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek ….. Pamphylia was not a country unto itself but a region. It is located on the southern coast of Asia Minor (Modern Turkey) surrounded by Lycia to the west, Cilicia to the east, and Pisidia to the north. In ancient Greek, Pamphylia meant “of mingled tribes or races”, and […]

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Coins of Ancient Greek Troas (Troad): Part 2

November 10, 2022 Steve Benner Leave a comment

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek ….. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 * * * This article is the second part on the coinage of Troas, a region of northwest Asia Minor adjacent to the Hellespont. Its history goes back to the Bronze Age and the Hittites, and Troy (Ilium), […]

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Coins of Ancient Greek Troas (Troad): Part 1

October 21, 2022 Steve Benner Leave a comment

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek ….. Troas, unlike the subject of my previous article, was not a country unto itself. It was only the name of a district in northwest Asia Minor (Anatolia) adjacent to the Hellespont (Dardanelles). The area is bordered by the Aegean Sea to the west, the mountain massif that forms Mount […]

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Helmets on Ancient Greek Coins

May 26, 2022 Steve Benner Leave a comment

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek ….. In this article, I want to cover some of the ancient Greek helmets that can be found on ancient coins. This may be a rehash of previous articles, but the subject interested me and also pointed out my ignorance of what were the various types of helmets worn by […]

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The Ancient Greek Coins of Paeonia

March 16, 2022 Steve Benner Leave a comment

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek ….. I consider myself well-read in ancient Greek history, but I have to admit that I wasn’t very familiar with Paeonia. I actually own a very nice Patraus tetradrachm, which probably triggered my interest in looking deeper into their history. The Paeonians were said to have derived their name from […]

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The Ancient Coins of Kephallenia

February 1, 2022 Steve Benner Leave a comment

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek ….. Kephallenia is the sixth-largest island of Greece and the largest in the Ionian Sea. It is located opposite the Gulf of Corinth (Figure 1). The island was associated with the city of Elis on the mainland but functioned independently. Kephallenia is about 31 miles long and 20 to three […]

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Tyras & Chersonesus: Ancient Greek Coins of the Black Sea’s Northern Coast

October 30, 2020 Steve Benner Leave a comment

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek ….. This is the second article in a series on the Greek colonies on the northern coast of the Black Sea (Euxine Sea). The first article was on Olbia, and this one covers the cities of Tyras and Chersonesus. Most of the colonies in the area, which is now southern […]

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CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: Macedon Before Alexander

June 11, 2020 Mike Markowitz Leave a comment

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ….. The extent of the Kingdom of Macedonia is as ill-defined as its history is fragmentary (Raymond, 3). ANCIENT MACEDONIANS[1] were marginal Greeks. Although permitted to compete in the Olympics, the Macedonians spoke a distinctive dialect. While their neighbors were creating novel forms of government like democracy, oligarchy and […]

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NGC Ancients: Silver Coin “Pocket Change” of Central Greece

October 11, 2019 Numismatic Guaranty Corporation Leave a comment

Interesting silver coins from Central Greece are available for modest prices By Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) …… One popular area for ancient Greek coinage is central Greece, home to a number of important cities, notably Athens. From the sixth century BCE onward, a great variety of coins were struck there, principally in silver and […]

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NGC Ancients – Collecting Greek Coins on a Budget

May 23, 2019 Numismatic Guaranty Corporation Leave a comment

Greek coins are available for every budget By Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) …… As we saw in the last column, ancient Roman coins offer some unexpected opportunities for collectors at most every level of budget. This month we’ll focus on similar bargains available in the field of ancient Greek coins, many of which are […]

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