Lessons from ancient Greek coinage From Alexander the Great's monetary modesty to the savings of prostitutes, an Athens exhibition links money with its users' inner lives Dec 13th 2017 | 4 min read ...

Ancient Greek drachma coins, as it happens, were famous for their artistry, especially the handcrafted, high-relief designs—three-dimensional and elaborate—that rose from the faces of the coins.

This map shows the spatial distribution of city-states in Greece, indexed for whether silver coins were ever minted. Also shown is the spatial distribution of located battles. Credit: J. Adamson To ...

Steve McBride collects ancient Greek and Roman coins from his homestead in Mobile, N.L. He says it can connect people today ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a cache of sixth-century coins in Phanagoria, an ancient Greek city located in what is today southwestern Russia. 80 copper staters—a type of Greek coin—were ...

A hoard of about 119 coins, together with an iron lock that may have sealed them within a container, have been found inside a collapsed building in the harbor of the ancient city of Corinth in Greece.