Civilisation

Greek

Ancient Gold coin records associated with Greek, with documented attribution, date, condition and provenance.

5 published records

Documented Objects & Essays

Records in this context

View all Collection

Coin

Ionia Electrum Twenty-Fourth Stater

c. 625–550 BC

One of the collection’s earliest objects, this minute Ionian electrum fraction preserves the abstract geometry from which struck coinage emerged.

View Object Record

Visitor appreciation

5.0 / 51 vote

Select a star to add your anonymous rating.

Coin

Philip III Arrhidaios Gold Stater

323–317 BC

Struck after Alexander the Great, this stater preserves Macedonian authority through Athena’s disciplined profile and Nike’s promise of victory.

View Object Record

Visitor appreciation

5.0 / 52 votes

Select a star to add your anonymous rating.

Coin

Agathokles of Syracuse Electrum Coin

317–289 BC

Apollo and his sacred tripod give this small electrum coin the cultural confidence of Syracuse under its ambitious soldier-ruler Agathokles.

View Object Record

Visitor appreciation

Not yet ratedBe the first to vote

Select a star to add your anonymous rating.

Coin

Mithradates VI Gold Stater

120–63 BC

Mithradates VI adopts the idealised image of Alexander while Athena enthroned turns inherited Hellenistic imagery into a claim of Pontic kingship.

View Object Record

Visitor appreciation

Not yet ratedBe the first to vote

Select a star to add your anonymous rating.

Coin

Brutus and the Koson Gold Stater

44–42 BC

Issued amid the Roman Republic’s final civil wars, this enigmatic Balkan gold coin turns ancestral virtue and the eagle of power into political imagery.

View Object Record

Visitor appreciation

5.0 / 52 votes

Select a star to add your anonymous rating.