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Socrates. Plato. Aristotle. Alexander the Great. The Parthenon. Democracy. These are just a few of the people, places, and ideas that we associate with Ancient Greece. When we think of Classical Western Civilization, cities like Athens and Sparta automatically pop into our heads.

Ancient Greek coins are no different. The coins of Ancient Greece are some of the most beautiful ever created, influencing centuries of coin design around the world. The city-states of the ancient Greek world produced a variety of exceptional designs and denominations using different weight standards over the course of approximately one thousand years.

Articles, Profiles, and Ancient Greek Coin News

Below you’ll find a wide array of essays, articles, ancient coin profiles, auction highlights, and news.

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The Magnificent Ancients of the Nelson Bunker Hunt Coin Collection

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   Fitzgerald: The rich are different than you and me. Hemingway: Yes, they have more money. * * * IN THE ARCANE language...
Pigs on Ancient Coins - CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz

This Little Piggy Went to Market: Boars, Hogs, Sows and Piglets on Ancient Coins

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....   INTELLIGENT, ADAPTABLE, AND omnivorous, pigs have long been companions to humans. We know from cave paintings that...
Small Change: The Tiniest Ancient Coins

Small Change: The Tiniest Ancient Coins

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....   “Parva Ne Pereant” IN 2014, THE British Royal Mint issued a gold proof 50p coin only eight mm...

CoinWeek Ancient Coins Series: The Ancient Coinage of Crete

Labyrinths and Minotaurs and Bulls, Oh My!   CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz .....   FOR THE ANCIENT Greeks, Crete was a place of myth and...

Outstanding World and Ancient Coins highlight Heritage Auctions’ Long Beach events

Rare 1681 Elephant & Castle halfcrown among nearly 6,000+ World Coin lots Sept. 3-5 & 9-10 The finest certified 1681 Elephant & Castle halfcrown...

Ancient Coin Auction News: Superb Rarities in Jacquier Auction Sale 39

Ancient Coin Auction News: Jacquier Auction Sale 39 features many notable rarities... A selection of superb gems can be found in the catalog of the...

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: The First Real Woman to Appear on a Coin

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ....   THE EARLIEST COINS, which emerged around 650 BCE on the shores of the Aegean Sea, depicted ancient symbols of...

Archaic Silver and German Gold Highlight Upcoming Gorny & Mosch Munich Coin Auction

By Dr. Ursula Kampmann ......   The three March auctions of Gorny & Mosch in Munich cater for all tastes. Anyone with a particular interest in...

1.3 Million Swiss Francs for Complete Collection of First Islamic Gold Dinars

Numismatica Genevensis turns Geneva into the centre of Islamic numismatics   By Dr. Ursula Kampmann - CoinsWeekly.com ......   There was great applause when lot number 439 was...
oktadrachm of Getas, King of the Edonians from 480-460

An Important Collection of Bracteates to be Offered Dec. 10-11 by Numismatik Lanz

By Dr. Ursula Kampmann - CoinsWeekly.com ......   From ancient coins to magnificent issues from the Middle Ages and Modern Era – Numismatik Lanz is...

Legacy of Alexander the Great and Silver Tetradrachms of Azes: NGC Ancients

By David Vagi - Director, NGC Ancients ......   Demand for “exotic” ancient coins has increased sharply in the last decade. One especially popular type is...

Canada’s Finest Ancient Coin Collection, Up for Public Auction in Toronto

Canada’s famed Ancient coin collection of the late William (Bill) McDonald will be up for public auction block in Toronto, Ontario, on September 27,...
Syracuse decadrachms - NGC Ancients

NGC Ancients: Ancient Masterpieces — Decadrachms of Kimon and Euainetos

By Josh Illingworth - NGC Ancients ......   This month, NGC Ancients examines the series of silver decadrachms struck at Syracuse (Sicily) in the fifth to...

Smuggling and Cyprus

By Wayne Sayles - Ancient Coin Collecting .....   I'm shocked! For years, we've been told by "experts" that the market for looted coins is in America,...

Using Ancient Coins to Map Trade Routes in Mediterranean Europe

Researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario have launched a research project in which nuclear radiation is used to identify changes in metal content...

Digitizing a Well-Kept Secret: Cornell’s Ancient Coin Collection

By Linda B. Glaser - Cornell University Cornell's coin collection is one of the best-kept secrets on campus, but if archaeologist Annetta Alexandridis has her...

‘First Hellenistic Gold Coin Ever Struck’ to be Auctioned in London October 2

A unique gold coin of the enigmatic Greco-Baktrian ruler Sophytes, which may very well be the first ever Hellenistic gold issue, is...

Heritage-Gemini Ancient Coin Auction Nets $3.4 Million

Silver tetradrachm of Naxos in Sicily brings $174,800 to lead the way   A spectacular silver tetradrachm of Naxos in Sicily, struck circa 415 BC, brought...

Unique Coin of Aitna in Sicily to be Offered in London Sale June 9

Auction at Morton & Eden in London on June 9   A small silver coin is expected to cause excitement among collectors of ancient Greek coins...

Important Greek Silver, Roman Gold Features in 1st Joint Heritage Auctions-Gemini Sale

More than 540 ancient coins ready for auction, April 14, at CICF, at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel and Convention Center in Rosemont,...