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Silver stater coin, from Melos, Greece, c. 450 BCE. Some Greek cities used images for their names, so "readers" did not have to be literate. In Melos, an apple (mēlon) was used. The British Museum, London.

One side of this heavy weight is inscribed in Aramaic with "correct according to the stater of silver". This probably refers to the use of a weight standard based on the silver coins known as staters. This object weighs just over 31 kg, which...

Gold stater in the name of Titus Quinctius Flamininus, probably issued in the wake of the victory at the Battle of Cynoscephalae (197 BCE), minted in Greece, 196 BCE. The British Museum, London.

Silver stater issued by Amastris (r. c. 300 - 285 BCE) in Paphlagonia. Neither the youthful portrait nor the enthroned goddess may be a direct portrait of Amastris, but in both Greek and Persian terms they express her claim to rule as queen...

In the Persian Empire, some regional governors (satraps) were authorized to issue coins for military purposes. They combine Persian and Greek imagery, showing a strap's head and a local reverse image. These are some of the earliest coin portraits...

Gold Stater of Tiberius Julius Cotys II (r. 123/4-131/2 CE), a prince and Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom, struck under Roman emperor Hadrian (r. 117-138 CE). Issue: Year ΕΚΥ (425) (128/9 CE). Obverse: ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ; diademed...

Iron Age plated gold stater, struck for Commius, found in the Southern Region of Britain, dating to the period c. 50-25 BCE. Obverse: Wreath design with two hidden faces. Reverse: Horse right, wheel below. The British Museum, London.

Some Greek cities used images for their names, so "readers" did not have to be literate. Zancle, a city founded by Greek colonists in Sicily, incorporated the sickle-shaped harbor (sickle=zanklon). Silver third stater coin, circa 500 BCE...

In the Persian Empire, some regional governors (satraps) were authorized to issue coins for military purposes. They combine Persian and Greek imagery, showing a satrap's head and a local reverse image. These are some of the earliest coin...

This lead weight was decorated with a terminal figure, cornucopia (horn of plenty), and an ear of barley. The weight is dated to the 4th year of a Hellenistic king. It is a standard mna (half stater) of a Greek city. A magistrate's name...