User:ArchaiOptix/ancient Greek coins

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Greek coins edit

Greek and Greek-influenced coins from the beginnings to 31 BC
grouped according to regions with cities in alphabetical order
and kingdoms / dynasties with rulers in chronological order respectively
single coins in aproximate chronological order

geographical order of ancient cultures, kingdoms, regions and towns

The geographical disposition of the material follows a clockwise tour arround the Mediterranean and the Black Sea (with many detours), starting on Crete and ending on Corsica, as shown in the map on the right.
The Greek spelling of the names follows the spelling on the coins themselves, if possible.

Crete - ΚΡΗΤΗ edit

Aptera - ΑΠΤΑΡΑ edit

Chersonesos - ΧΕΡΣΟΝΑΣΟΣ edit

Eleutherna - ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΝΑ / Apollonia - ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑ edit

Elyros - ΕΛΥΡΟΣ edit

Gortyna ΓΟΡΤΥΝΑ / Gortyn edit

Hierapytna - ΗΙΕΡΑΠΥΤΝΑ - Hierapetra edit

Itanos - ΙΤΑΝΟΣ edit

Knosos - ΚΝΩΣΟΣ / Knossos edit

Kydonia - ΚΥΔΟΝΙΑ - Chania edit

Lyktos - ΛΥΚΤΟΣ / Lyttos edit

Moda - ΜΩΔΑ edit

Oaxos - FΑΞΟΣ / Axos edit

Phaistos - ΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ edit

Phalasarna - ΦΑΛΑΣΑΡΝΑ edit

Praisos - ΠΡAIΣΟΣ edit

Priansos - ΠΡΙΑΝΣΟΣ edit

Rhaukos - ΡΑΥΚΟΣ edit

Sybrita - ΣΥΒΡΙΤΑ edit

Cyprus - ΚΥΠΡΟΣ edit

unidentified authority edit

Marion - MAPION edit

Salamis - ΣΑΛΑΜΙΣ edit

Cyclades - ΚΥΚΛΑΔΕΣ edit

Melos - ΜΑΛΟΣ edit

Naxos - ΝΑΞΟΣ (Cyclades) edit

Paros - ΠΑΡΟΣ edit

Siphnos - ΣΙΦΝΟΣ edit

Syros - ΣΥΡΟΣ edit

Thera - ΘΗΡΑ - Santorini edit

Peloponnesos - ΠΕΛΟΠΟΝΝΗΣΟΣ edit

Arcadian League - KOINON ΑΡΚΑΔΙΟN edit

Argos - ΑΡΓΟΣ edit

Elis - FAΛΙΣ / ΗΛΙΣ / Olympia - ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ edit

Epidauros - ΕΠΙΔΑΥΡΟΣ edit

Heraia - ERAIA / HEPAIA (Arcadia) edit

Corinth - ϘΟΡΙΝΘΟΣ edit

Messene - ΜΕΣΣΑΝΑ (Peloponnesos) edit

Pheneos - ΦΕΝΕΟΣ edit

Sikyon - ΣΙΚΥΩΝ edit

Sparta - ΣΠΑΡΤΑ / Lakedaimon - ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΩΝ edit

Saronic Islands edit

Aigina - ΑΙΓΙΝΑ edit

Salamis - ΣΑΛΑΜΙΣ edit

Attica - ΑΤΤΙΚΗ edit

Athens - ΑΘEΝΑΙ / ΑΘΗΝΑΙ edit

imitations of Athenian coins edit

Euboia - ΕΥΒΟΙΑ edit

Euboian League - ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΥΒΟΙΕΩΝ edit

Chalkis (Euboia) - ΧΑΛΚΙΣ edit

Eretria (Euboia) - ΕΡΕΤΡΙΑ edit

Boiotia - ΒΟΙΩΤΙΑ edit

Boiotian League - ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΤΩΝ ΒΟΙΩΤΩΝ edit

Tanagra - ΤΑΝΑΓΡΑ edit

Thebes - ꚚΕΒΑΙ / ΘΗΒΑΙ edit

Lokris - ΛΟΚΡΙΣ edit

Lokroi Opo(u)ntioi - ΛΟΚΡΟΙ ΟΠΟΝΤΙΟΙ edit

Phokis - ΦΩΚΙΣ edit

Phokian League - ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΤΩΝ ΦΩΚIΩΝ edit

Delphi and the Delphic Amphictyony - ΔΕΛΦΟΙ / ΑΜΦΙΚΤΙΟΝΕΣ edit

Aitolia - ΑΙΤΩΛΙΑ edit

Aitolian League - KOINON ΤΩΝ ΑΙΤΩΛΩΝ edit

Ionian Islands - ΕΠΤΑΝΗΣΑ edit

Leukas - ΛΕΥΚΑΣ edit

Korkyra - ΚΟΡΚΥΡΑ edit

Thessaly - ΘΕΣΣΑΛΙΑ edit

Thessalian League - ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΤΩΝ ΦΕΘΑΛΩΝ / ΦΕTΑΛΩΝ / ΘΕΣΣΑΛΩΝ edit

Ainianes - ΑΙΝΙΑΝΕΣ edit

Gonnos / Gonnoi - ΓΟΝΝΟΣ / ΓΟΝΝΟΙ edit

Larisa (Thessalia) - ΛΑΡΙΣΑ edit

Pharsalos - ΦΑΡΣΑΛΟΣ edit

Pherai - ΦΕΡΑΙ edit

Epeiros - ΗΠΕΙΡΟΣ / ΑΠΕΙΡΟΣ edit

Epirote League - ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΤΩΝ ΑΠΕΙΡΩΤΑΝ edit

kingdom of Epeiros (Molossoi) edit

Ambrakia - ΑΜΒΡΑΚΙΑ edit

Macedonia - ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ edit

kingdom of Macedonia edit

first region of Macedonia - MAKEΔONΩN ΠΡΩΤΗ ΜΕΡΙΣ edit

Roman povince of Macedonia - MAKEΔONΕΣ edit

Aigai (Macedonia) - ΑΙΓΑΙ edit

Akanthos - ΑΚΑΝΘΟΣ edit

Amphipolis - ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛΙΣ edit

Beroia - BEPOIA (?) Roman gold medallions from Abukir edit

Chalcidian League - ΧΑΛΚΙΔΕΙΣ (Olynthos - ΟΛΥΝΘΟΣ) edit

Derr(h)ones / Derronikoi - ΔΕΡΡΟΝΙΚΟΙ edit

Dyrrhachion - ΔΥΡΡΑΧΙΟΝ / Epidamnos - ΕΠΙΔΑΜΝΟΣ edit

Ichnai (Thrace/Macedonia) - IXNAI edit

Lete - ΛΗΤΗ edit

Mende - ΜΕΝΔΗ / ΜΙΝΔΑ(Ι) edit

Neapolis (Macedonia) - ΝΕΑΠΟΛΙΣ (modern Kavala) edit

Philippoi - ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΙ edit

Sermyle / Sermylia - ΣΕΡΜΥΛΙΑ edit

Paionia - ΠΑΙΟΝΙΑ edit

kingdom of Paionia edit

Thrace - ΘΡΑΚΙΑ edit

kingdom of Thrace edit

Abdera - ΑΒΔΗΡΑ edit

Ainos - AINΟΣ edit

Bisaltai - ΒΙΣΑΛΤΑΙ edit

Byzantion - BYZANTION edit

Dikaia - ΔΙΚΑΙΑ edit

Istros / Histria - ΙΣΤΡΟΣ / IΣTΡIH edit

Maroneia - ΜΑΡΩΝΕΙΑ edit

Mesembria (Thrace) - ΜΕΣΗΜΒΡΙΑ / ΜΕΣΑΜΒΡΙΑ edit

Orreskioi - ΟΡΡΕΣΚΙΟΙ edit

Thasos - ΘΑΣΟΣ edit

Sarmatia edit

Olbia - ΟΛΒΙΑ edit

Tauric Chersonesos - ΧΕΡΣΟΝΗΣΟΣ edit

Pantikapaion - ΠΑΝΤΙΚΑΠΑΙΟΝ edit

Kolchis - ΚΟΛΧΙΣ edit

Phasis - ΦΑΣΙΣ edit

Armenia edit

kingdom of Armenia edit

Pontos and Bosporos edit

kingdom of Pontos and Bosporos edit

Kappadokia edit

kingdom of Kappadokia edit

Bithynia - ΒΙΘΥΝΙΑ edit

kingdom of Bithynia edit

Kalchedon / Chalkedon - ΚΑΛΧΗΔΩΝ / ΧΑΛΚΗΔΩΝ edit

Paphlagonia edit

Amastris - ΑΜΑΣΤΡΙΣ edit

Mysia - ΜΥΣΙΑ edit

Kyzikos - ΚΥΖΙΚΟΣ edit

Lampsakos - ΛΑΜΨΑΚΟΣ edit

Parion - ΠΑΡΙΟΝ edit

Pergamon (city) - ΠΕΡΓΑΜΟΝ edit

kingdom of Pergamon edit

Troas - ΤΡΟΑΣ edit

Abydos - ΑΒΥΔΟΣ edit

Dardanos - ΔΑΡΔΑΝΟΣ edit

Tenedos - ΤΕΝΕΔΟΣ edit

Aiolis - ΑΙΟΛΙΣ edit

Kyme (Aiolis) - KYMH edit

Myrina (Aiolis) - ΜΥΡΙΝΑ edit

Smyrna - ΣΜΥΡΝΗ / ZMYPNH edit

(island of) Lesbos - ΛΕΣΒΟΣ edit

Mytiliene - ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΗ edit

Ionia - ΙΩΝΙΗ edit

Ionian coins with uncertain location of mint edit

Chios - XIOΣ edit

Ephesos - ΕΦΕΣΟΣ edit

Erythrai - ΕΡΥΘΡΑΙ edit

Herakleia at Latmos - ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΑ ΠΡΟΣ ΛΑΤΜΩΙ edit

Kalymna - KALYMNA edit

Klazomenai - ΚΛΑΖΟΜΕΝΑΙ edit

Lebedos - ΛΕΒΕΔΟΣ edit

Magnesia on the Maeander - ΜΑΓΝΗΣΙΑ Η ΕΠΙ ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΩΙ edit

Miletos - ΜΙΛΗΤΟΣ / ΜΙΛΑΤΟΣ edit

Phokaia - ΦΩΚΑΙΑ edit

Samos - ΣΑΜΟΣ edit

Teos - ΤΕΩΣ edit

Doris - ΔΩΡΙΣ and Karia - KAPIA edit

undetermined mint in Karia edit

Ialysos - ΙΑΛΥΣΟΣ edit

Kameiros - ΚΑΜΕΙΡΟΣ edit

Kaunos - KAYNOΣ edit

Knidos - ΚΝΙΔΟΣ edit

Kos - ΚΩΣ edit

Rhodos - ΡΟΔΟΣ edit

Lydia - ΛΥΔΙΑ edit

kingdom of Lydia edit

Thyateira - ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΑ edit

Lykia - ΛΥΚΙΑ edit

undetermined mint in Lykia edit

dynasts of Lykia under Achaemenid rule edit

Pamphylia - ΠΑΜΦΥΛΙΑ edit

Aspendos - ΑΣΠΕΝΔΟΣ edit

Side - ΣΙΔΗ edit

Kilikia - ΚΙΛΙΚΙΑ edit

Kelenderis - ΚΕΛΕΝΔΕΡΙΣ edit

Mallos - ΜΑΛΛΟΣ edit

Persia - ΠΕΡΣΙΑ edit

kings of the Achaemenid empire edit

satraps of the Achaemenid empire edit

Persis - ΠΕΡΣΙΣ edit

fratarakas of Persis edit

Parthia - ΠΑΡΘΙΑ edit

kingdom of Parthia edit

Baktria ΒΑΚΤΡΙΑ edit

kingdom of Baktria edit

temporarily comprising also parts of India, chronology and order of rulers disputed

Syria - ΣΥΡΙΑ edit

kingdom of Syria: the Seleucid dynasty edit

Phoenicia edit

Sidon edit

Egypt - ΑΙΓΥΠΤΟΣ edit

kingdom of Egypt: the Ptolemaic dynasty edit

Kyrenaika - ΚΥΡΗΝΑΙΚΗ edit

Barke - BAPKΗ edit

Kyrene - ΚΥΡΗΝΗ / KYPANA edit

Zeugitana edit

Carthago / Zeugitana (including coins minted by the Carthaginians on Sicily) edit

Campania edit

Cales edit

Hyri(n)a - YPINA edit

Kyme (Campania) - KYMH / Cumae edit

Neapolis (Campania) - ΝΕΟΠΟΛΙΤΗ / ΝΕΑΠΟΛΙΣ edit

Nuceria Alfaterna edit

Calabria edit

Taras - ΤΑΡΑΣ - Tarentum edit

Lucania edit

Herakleia (Lucania) - ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΑ - Heraclea edit

Hyele - ΥΕΛΗ - Velia - Elea edit

Metapontion - ΜΕΤΑΠΟΝΤΙΟΝ - Metapontum edit

Poseidonia - ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝΙΑ - Paestum edit

Sybaris - ΣΥΒΑΡΙΣ edit

Thourioi - ΘΟΥΡΙΟΙ - Thurium / Copia edit

Bruttium edit

Brettioi - BPETTIOI - Brettii edit

Kaulonia - KAVΛONIA / ΚΑΥΛΩΝΙΑ - Caulonia edit

Kroton - ϘPOTON / ΚΡΟΤΩΝ - Croton edit

Lokroi Epizephyrioi - ΛΟΚΡΟΙ ΕΠΙΖΕΦΥΡΙΟΙ - Locri Epizephyrii edit

Rhegion (Bruttium) - PECION / ΡΗΓΙΟΝ - R(h)egium edit

Terina - TEPINA edit

Sicilia - ΣΙΚΕΛΙΑ and nearby islands edit

Akragas - ΑΚΡΑΓΑΣ edit

Gela - ΓΕΛΑ edit

Himera - HIMEPA / IMEPA edit

Kamarina - ΚΑΜΑΡΙΝΑ edit

Katane - KATANH / Katana - KATANA edit

Leontinoi - ΛΕΟΝΤΙΝΟΙ edit

Lipara - ΛΙΠΑΡΑ edit

Naxos (Sicilia) - NΑΧΟΣ / ΝΑΞΟΣ edit

Panormos - ΠΑΝΟΡΜΟΣ edit

Segesta - ΣΕΓΕΣΤΑ / AIΓΕΣΤΑ / ΕΓΕΣΤΑ edit

Selinous (Sicilia) - ΣΕΛΙΝΟΥΣ edit

Syrakosai - ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΑΙ - Syracusae edit

Tauromenion - TAYPOMENION edit


Zankle - DANKLE / ΖΑΝΚΛΗ / Messene - ΜΕΣΣΗΝΗ / Messana - ΜΕΣΣAΝA / Mamertinoi - MAMERTINOI edit