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title: Ancient Greek Coins
author: Mark Cartwright
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5309/ancient-greek-coins/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
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# Ancient Greek Coins

_Authored by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/)_

## Image File

[![Ancient Greek Coins](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5309.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5309.jpg)

## Image Caption

Top row (L to R): [Thera](https://www.worldhistory.org/thera/) (c. 500 BCE) - [Silver](https://www.worldhistory.org/Silver/) stater, two dolphins. [Delos](https://www.worldhistory.org/delos/) (6th century BCE) - Silver drachm, [lyre](https://www.worldhistory.org/Lyre/). Siphnos (540-500 BCE) - Silver stater, eagle. (Alpha Bank [Numismatics](https://www.worldhistory.org/Numismatics/) Museum, [Kerkyra](https://www.worldhistory.org/corcyra/), [Corfu](https://www.worldhistory.org/corcyra/)) Bottom row (L to R): [Gela](https://www.worldhistory.org/Gela/) (5th century BCE) - Man-headed bull. [Kos](https://www.worldhistory.org/Kos/) (5th century BCE) - Silver tridrachm, discus thrower and tripod Abdera (unknown date) - silver, griffin (Numismatics Museum, [Athens](https://www.worldhistory.org/Athens/))

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## About the Author

Mark is WHE’s Publishing Director and has an MA in Political Philosophy (University of York). He is a full-time researcher, writer, historian and editor. Special interests include art, architecture and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share.

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