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A Short History of Ancient Greek Coins

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Can you teel ass how much is 1 coin from Alexander?
Comment from : @entikontra

Thanks Leo,Shawn M Cazza Late Roman Bronzes and a new book counterfeit coins of Roman BritainbrHave a great Christmas Leo ,and I promise to properly support your channel when I retire early next year 🎄
Comment from : @GordonGrant-o1h

hello do you buy greek coins, i have, 3, 100drachmas,1990,1992,1994,, 50drachmas 1998,20apx,1990,1992,10drachmas,1978,1980,1984,1986,1990, 5,drachmas,1982,1984, thanks
Comment from : @migueldemesa9330

Interesting to see the future prices of Greece coins Some of Them are very cheap in my opinion
Comment from : @KM-Monthandel

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Comment from : @MartinUgarkovic

Is not Greek coins
Comment from : @Perparim-gp1ef

hi guys, modern Greeks have nothing to do with the ancient Hellenes , because they are actually the Illyrians-Albanians, Incorrect and manipulated history has misused the term Greek, I n reality, Greeks never existed, They are just a continuation of the oldest civilization people in the world, THE PELASGIANS-THE ALBANIANS anyway my friend found some ancient Illyrian Albanian coins, daring back over 3500 years, claimed to be much older than roman coins, they are in good condition from both sides, with portrait of king of Illyria Agron son of Pleuratus, also another one Queen Teuta and Alexander the great, can he be rich by selling those coins ? nice video
Comment from : @wonderofnature7817

Great ancient voins gor dure 😊🎉
Comment from : @johnnyb3126

I like the narrow focus of this episode Great format to examine other aspects of technology and culture in the ancient world
Comment from : @alwilliams5177

5:02 ur killing me smalls Bactrian coins are some of my favorites too See you at the auction! I am looking for the one shown here now!
Comment from : @anotheryoutubechannel4809

FINALLY
Comment from : @CraigStCyrPlus

In the 1950s My great grandfather was tortured to death by the British and my grandmother survived but she had to run to escape rape, and torture and she managed to hide in a well, gashing and breaking her leg on the descent She died a few years later in my mothers arms She [said] that she was lucky that Cyprus has the oldest wells in the world brI know that some British people had nothing to do with invading our homes and land, but there is still some semblance of hate within me towards thembrMy grandmother found coins from Salamis, single-sided silver pieces The British thieves stole everything
Comment from : @thespartan8476

Hi A Have 1908
Comment from : @حسنجعفری-م6ص

Thank you
Comment from : @truthinesssss

So helpful, honestly
Comment from : @ImaginationHobbies

A lot of people forget that china had gold silver coins befor any western nations
Comment from : @thesecondsilvereich7828

Good stuff
Comment from : @angusamongus7566

Very nice
Comment from : @Cleopatranumismatics

Question: why did the quality of the art of the Byzentine and Sassanian coins get so much worse over time? the usual explanation of "the byzentine economy got worse" doesn't make sense when we see that the same happened to Persia which had a growing economy
Comment from : @Mondaying

biCoins were invented by Croesus indeed but they were mass produced and manufactured by the Persian Empire and Cyrus/i/b
Comment from : @MadKingOfMadaya

Well? What came next? I imagine coins with the Roman emperors face on them, what about Byzantine coins?
Comment from : @Fummy007

Kudos to History with Cy! I was amazed that you even took up the aesthetic aspects of Coinage! br J Porteous wrote in his ‘The nature of coinage’,br " the fifth century saw the minting of the most beautiful coins EVER made " (capitalization mine) referring to Greek coinage in Classical Greece!
Comment from : @RiaceWarrior

what greek coin flip the other side will blind you the Macedonian sun ,greeks are afraid from Macedonian sum 3000 years so fake History
Comment from : @dozivotnonepobedliv

Seems like a republic becomes a tyranny right around the time when they start putting their rulers' faces on them I'm lookin' at you, Lincoln penny!
Comment from : @Gorboduc

I never knew that these coins could also be a form of art
Comment from : @tjwarburton

Could you do a side video on ancient Roman coins? Also those Greco-Bactrian coins are beautiful!
Comment from : @QalOrt

Fun 👵 brMaterial culture is a very interesting subject altogether brI think about this a lot
Comment from : @kaarlimakela3413

I own an obol from the reign of Demetrius I Aniketos/Damaytra of the Greco-Bactrians/Indo-Greeks, and god DAMN it is the most beautiful piece of silver I’ve ever seen Almost all of his coins include the madlad wearing an elephant scalp, which both symbolizes his conquest of India and also calls back to Alexander, who had issued similar coins for a short period If anyone has any questions on their own Greco-Bactrian coins, I recommend trying to get in contact with Osmund Bopearachchi, he’s a Sri Lankan numismatist who is the definitive expert on coinage of the Greek East He’s getting very old but is still alive and teaching classes, and his email is publicly available on his website
Comment from : @Pantsinabucket

What struck me the most by the Greek coins I saw were the size Yes, some were pretty big but so many were tiny I remember when I was in Philip's tomb there was a wonderful display many coins that were the size of a dime or smaller
Comment from : @LorolinAstori

Great video, Graeco-Bactrian are also my favorite :)
Comment from : @Sarke2

I have one AOE coin 🪙 I want sold that so how can I ??
Comment from : @saicharanponnaveni6158

every channel about antiquity is into coinage now and I love it!!
Comment from : @hashimbokhamseen7877

Good video, I watched it originally on release day but I decide to watch it again today lol
Comment from : @ancienthistorygaming

Yeaaa ma country 🇬🇷
Comment from : @snakegirl1925

Greek person here! Stαy sαfε
Comment from : @greekdude266

Do a video of ancient aztec coins
Comment from : @suleymancaro9480

They actually lugged around 58 lb slabs of silver, the absolute mad lads
Comment from : @devingunnels3251

Thanks a lot for this one; I always found historical currency and coins to be one of the hardest things to understand about the past
Comment from : @faryafaraji

Great video as always Cy! As expected, Sparta is always going to be the odd polis out!
Comment from : @WanaxTV

what about the dolphin coin of olbia I may have missed it
Comment from : @basedhistory8948

I love coins and I love ancient history and have traveled in Greece and so I love this video Very informative Thanks again, Cy!
Comment from : @KMac329

As a Greek I can ensure that this was fascinating
Comment from : @stefanoskontopoulos9884

Certainly everything you do is good and fun, but archaeologists, languages, mythology and anthropology also have a lot of opinions and theories about who is the heir of these civilizations from the peoples that exist now, I hope to see in the next videos something that narrows the controversy between all Who says he belongs to this or that civilization, stay safe
Comment from : @demis_db7

@5:43 is that a Hydra coin I'm seeing just below the owl one?
Comment from : @seishin4real

I have an Aegina coin 😊
Comment from : @fafa8

and you never used the word 'numismatics' once! :D
Comment from : @TheEyez187

Great and interesting video! Loved it!
Comment from : @royos-yaps

Bought all my family members ancient coins for Xmas Mostly Roman but a couple Greek I didn't plan on getting many - maybe 8 to 10 - but it was so fascinating that before I knew it I had around 25 or so lol I did end up giving them all away, but I still have 1 on its way that I'm going to keep They're just so cool to hold in your hand and consider it's life
Comment from : @RyanDanielG

wasn't there was especial royale golden coin in Egypt long before but only used among royales?
Comment from : @jodintlz5491

I see those coins and think People must have filed and cut off the edges to get some of the metal because it was an expensive commodity still back in those days! That is why they put those ridges on new coins
Comment from : @lsgreger2645

Wow! Just wow! I'm 100 agree with you that coins might be one of the fines examples of the art from the antiquity! I'm also into numismatics, so thanks a lot for such a great video!
Comment from : @volodymyrcuza9994

Brother can you make a video on how the arameans became the syriacs (kingdom of edessa)
Comment from : @ice-ui8xo

"Wisdom outweighs any wealth"brbr- Sophocles
Comment from : @HistoryOfRevolutions

A group of us would play a game with dice that we bet on But we didn't want to use real money We used tolkens, but we wanted to use our own home made ones I thought, "how hard could it be" We used pewter (a very soft metal), and made some dies I will not go into all that went wrong I now have a great deal of respect for those early coin makers
Comment from : @historybuff7491

Did I mishear? Electron is an alloy? I´ve learned electron means amber
Comment from : @einzigermylee5996

Also I really am interested in more videos on Graeco-Bactria and the Indo-Greek Kingdom(s)
Comment from : @WeirdWonderful

Great and helpful video, as usual 💗
Comment from : @ancientsitesgirl

This was fascinating
Comment from : @stewartmeetball3417

Very interesting topics and I think you could go a bit deeper into itbrLindybeige did a very interesting long rant about the British old coins and how the system worked there and I wouldn't mind a good guide to Greek and Lydian coins
Comment from : @loke6664

Late birthday present
Comment from : @Philotheist777

Excellent
Comment from : @degarpaykararyan3140

I have been consuming your channel this last week, starting with your meso american videos Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I appreciate your delivery
Comment from : @MatchBookNotes

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Comment from : @beepboop204

Love this channel
Comment from : @blue_diamond_gem

I wonder if the metal quality was mixed during wars I have heard that the silver and gold metal in some coins would because the need for money during wars be lowered and mixed with other metals
Comment from : @johnree6106

Indo greek civilisation please
Comment from : @ajithsidhu7183

We have a few Indo-greek coins as well A few from Menader, A few from some other Indo-greek kings Excellent craftsmanship on those ones, Miles better than what the contemporaries were minting
Comment from : @darkushippotoxotai9536

Coins have always been a staple of history There's almost a separate branch of individuals that dedicated their academic careers to studying coins and forms of currency alone -- at least back in the day-- and a majority of research was tenured on Ancient Greece! But I'm sure everybody knows that Coins are just awesome
Comment from : @WildcardASMR

Drachno means "I seize" in ancient Greek Because the first Greek currency were those iron or silver rods, it was said that they were "seizing" these Hence the word "Drachme" or "Drachma" for the currency The "seized thing"
Comment from : @queldron

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Comment from : @henkstersmacro-world

Philip had his face on coins The celts also copied those coins for themselves After serving as mercenaries go figure
Comment from : @WTFisDrifting

Very informative video Cy Can’t wait for this new series! Do you also collect ancient coins? I have a drachm of Menander I Soter the Indo Greek king and agree that their coins are the best in the Hellenistic world
Comment from : @HistoryofAztlan

You could do a whole video on weird ancient currencies Weren't Egyptian workers paid in bread and beer at some points? I'm sure lots of other places have pre-coinage mediums of exchange that also weren't just barter
Comment from : @allonzehe9135