![]() ![]() it passed to Lysimachus in the 4th Century B.C. After being conquered by the Persian Empire in the 6th Century B.C. Parion enjoyed strong relations with Thrace and Anatolia throughout history and it was the main customs station through which all goods bound for Constantinople (Istanbul) from Greece and the Aegean had to pass. ![]() It was a major coastal city and trading port with two harbours. Some then stamped it with a mark to show they had checked the coin, ancient quality control! We bought this fascinating group for a great deal so we offer these trade coins to you at inflation busting prices, just £195 for 11g of Ancient Greek silver with individual history! An ancient person once looked at this coin in their pocket like you do today…įounded in 709 B.C., the ancient city of Parion is the present-day town of Kemer in Canakkale province of Turkey. If a person accepting this as payment wanted to be sure it was solid silver they would make a ‘test-cut’ into the Stater to see the core without losing any silver. Likely because the word sling (σφενδόνη) sounds similar to the name of the city (ασπενδοζ), the Ancient Greeks loved a pun! These coins were used in their local area and across the ancient world. and show Olympic wrestlers on the obverse with a slinger on the reverse. These silver Stater coins were struck about 400-350 B.C. They were an early city to mint regularly to display their great wealth from trade. The ancient City of Aspendos in Pamphylia is famous for its ancient coins. Starting from largest to smallest, the denominations of Greek coins were as follows: In this standard, the Drachm is the base, divided by obols with a sixth of the value. As it was the most popular weight standard in the Greek world, due to the power and influence of Athens across the ancient world. So in the name of keeping things simple for newbie coin collectors, we are going to use the Attic standard to answer this question. So here too, there are substantial differences coin collectors need to be aware of. And as you may know, their coinage went through 4 different periods: the Archaic, the Classical, the Hellenistic, and the Roman. To make matters worse, the weights used also differed from era to era. The denominations used in the old city-states of Greece, differ from city-state to city-state (polis) and derive from the weights for gold and silver merchants used to trade goods. The coins of Ancient Greece, as well as modern-day Greece pre-euro, were called Drachma. Examples are the Alexander the Great coins the Athenian Owl, and the Obol, just to name a few. A society that minted coins to celebrate outstanding individuals, gods, and religious practices, as well as ancient international relations. Their design tells the story of a fascinating civilisation. The first Ancient Greek Coins appeared in Aegina around 600 BCE and were amongst the first coins ever minted by a western civilization. ![]()
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