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c. 635 BCE - 585 BCEReign of Alyattes of Lydia. Minting of first coins made from electrum.
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600 BCE - 550 BCEThe silver stater coin of Calymna in Caria depicts a tortoise shell lyre on its reverse side.
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c. 550 BCEThe silver drachma of Delos depicts a lyre - symbolic of Apollo - on its reverse side.
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c. 360 BCEPan appears on the reverse of coins of the Arcadian League.
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326 BCEThe first Roman coins are minted at Neapolis.
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c. 211 BCEA new system of Roman coinage is introduced which includes the silver denarius.
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c. 200 BCERome now dominates the production of coinage in Italy.
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c. 157 BCEThere is a boom in the production of Roman silver coinage, in part thanks to the acquisition of silver mines in Macedonia.
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c. 141 BCEThe Roman bronze as coin is devalued so that now 16 as equal one silver denarius.
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c. 135 BCEThe Roman magistrates responsible for coinage begin to stamp coins with images of landmarks, events and personalities.
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c. 100 BCECoins of Kos and Thespiai depict a lyre on their reverse side.
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c. 46 BCEJulius Caesar mints the largest quantity of gold coins ever seen in Rome.
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c. 23 BCEThe brass orichalcum sestertius is first minted in Rome.
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16 BCEThe Roman mint at Lugdunum is established.
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64 CENero reduces the weight and percentage of precious metal in Roman coins, a trend continued by several subsequent Roman emperors.
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293 CEDiocletian reforms the Roman coinage system, guaranteeing the gold aurei at 60 to a pound and minting the nummus coin.
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301 CEDiocletian reasseses the values of Roman coins and limits minting rights to between 12 and 15 mints across the empire.