Dear readers Numismatica Ranieri, in the article today is dedicated to discover interesting information about the Greek coins. We will address the theme, showing what were the Greek coins in gold, the Greek coins in the silver with the names and their respective values. In addition, we also have the list of ticks official of the Magna Greece, which were used in the past to make these valuable coins rare.
Therefore, we will continue the analysis on the value of rare coins in coin collecting through this new article on our official blog.
The Greek coins
The greeks put great care in the creation of coins and everything that is pictured has a reason, nothing has been set for the case.
So many pictures, symbols, or characters, are emblematic of a particular people or ruling or of a certain city. And this is the case, for example, of the coins of Taranto, which represent a younger (Taras) riding a dolphin. According to the legend of Poseidon he saved his son Taras from a shipwreck by sending rescue a dolphin that brought him safe to land, where Taras founded the first settlement.
Another feature of the coinage in the Greek is the almost total absence of effigies of the King. Scholars believe that the cause is to be found in the great importance of this people, which he attributed to individualism, irrespective of their social status is coated. Such a privilege would be in conflict with these principles, appearing as a threat to the rights of the individual.
The Greek coins are interested in Italy, Europe, Asia and Africa, having been developed in the course of 7 centuries that have seen the alternation of more than 600 rulers and dynasties.
Many, many, then the types coin minted but also of great charm and the beauty of the die axis or coin rotation, sometimes made by skilful masters of the art of engraving as Kimon, Eukleidas, Frigillos, Euainetos, both for the historic recall, unavoidable when running out between his fingers, a copy coined by the "mythical" cities such as Athens, Sparta, and Syracuse, Syracuse or the famous characters like Alexander the great.
The gold, the unit of value was the piece of money: that of the weight 8.7 grams, it is generally very rare.
His relationship with the silver of 1 to 10, and a piece of money: gold was equivalent to 20 drachmas in silver. With this last one in the metal have been minted the most prestigious coin hellenic (just think of the majestic decadrammi. the considerable weight of about 43 grams).
The unit of the value of the silver drachma (or drama) with numerous multiples and submultiples.To give an indication of the weight in the form of a rough, is impossible because of the differences existing between the various systems weight (penthouse, egenetico, phoenician, babylonian, etc). The bronze coin is that, on our territory. it offers more buyers compared to that of metals, more "noble" in consideration of the price is generally accessible.
This metal was used almost exclusively for the coins "spicciole", the long circulation, it is difficult to obtain specimens in good condition. Its unit of value was the litra.
It is best to start a collection of Greek coins only if you have some requirements of a cultural nature, such as a passion for history and geography, and a knowledge of ancient Greek, although in reduced form.
The economic potential is another problem to deal with because if it is true that, with figures of the reach of many you can still do some good shopping, it is equally true that the majority of the material on the market requires efforts that few are able to accomplish.
Suffice it to say that the tetradramma less and less rare, one of siracusa, is quoted about 400 euros conditions, MB, and well over a thousand euro if BB while the rare decadrammi are evaluated in several thousands of euros.
There are over 100, not all certain, the Italian cities of Sicily and Magna graecia, which minted coins.
Greek coins in gold
Below you will find the list of Greek gold coins, subdivided according to the following schema: name coin, coin value, expressed in stateri.
- Pentastatere = 5
- Tetrastatere = 4
- Distatere = 2
- Piece of money: = 1
- 1/2 piece of money: that = 1/2
- 1/3 piece of money: = 1/3
- 1/6 piece of money: = 1/6
- 1/8 piece of money: = 1/8
Greek coins silver
Below you will find list of the silver coins of the Greek sub-divided according to the following schema: name coin, coin value, expressed in drachmas.
- Decadramma = 10 Drachmas
- Tetradramma = 4 Drachmas
- Didramma = 2 Drachmas
- Drachma = 6 Offer-Box
- Tetrobolo = 4 Offer-Box
- Emidracma or Triobolo = 3 offer-box
- Diobolo = 2 Offer-Box
- Triemiobolo = 1 Pence and 1/2
- Pence
- Emiobolo = 1/2 Pence
- Triemitetartemorio = 3/8 Pence
- Tetartemorio = 1/4 Pence
The ticks of the Magna Greece
The ticks of the Magna Greece were over a hundred. Here are the list can be ascertained. Here's the official selection:
- Abacaenum (Sicily)
- Acrae (Sicily)
- Aesernia (Samnium)
- Adranum (Sicily)
- Aetna (Sicily)
- Agyrium In Sicily
- Agrigentum (Sicily)
- Alaesa (Sicily)
- Alba Fucens (Latium)
- Allifae (In Campania)
- Aluntium (Sicily)
- Amestratus (Sicily)
- Ancona (Picenum)
- Aquilonia (Samnium)
- Aquinum (Latium)
- Ariminum (Umbria)
- Arpi (Apulia)
- Asculum (Apulia)
- Assorus (Sicily)
- Atella (Campania)
- Azetum (Apulia)
- Barium (Apulia)
- Beneventum (Sannium)
- Brundusium (Calabria)
- Butuntum (Apulia)
- Caelia (Apulia)
- Calacte In Sicily
- Cales (Campania)
- Kamarina (Sicily)
- Canusium (Apulia)
- Capua (Campania)
- Catana (Sicily)
- Caulonia (Bruttium)
- Centuripae (Sicily)
- Cephaloedium (Sicily)
- Compulteria (Campania)
- Cosa (Etruria)
- Cosentia (Bruttium)
- Croton (Bruttium)
- Cumae (Campania)
- Enna (Sicily)
- Entella (Sicily)
- Eryx (Sicily)
- Firmum (Picenum)
- Frentrum ? (Frentani)
- Galaria (Sicily)
- Gela (Sicily)
- Graxa (Calabria)
- Hatria (Picenum)
- Heraclea Lucania)
- Herbessus (Sicily)
- Himera (Sicily)
- Hipponium (Bruttium)
- Hybla Magna (Sicily)
- Hyria (Campania)
- Hyrium (Apulia)
- laetia (Sicily)
- Iguvium (Umbria)
- Laos (Lucania)
- Larinum (Frentani)
- Leontini (Sicily)
- Lilybaeum (Sicily)
- Lipara (Sicily)
- Locri Epizephyrii (Bruttium)
- Luceria (Apulia)
- Malies (Samnium)
- Mateola (Apulia)
- Megara (Sicily)
- Menaeum (Sicily)
- Assassin (Bruttium)
- Messana (Sicily)
- Metapontum (Lucania)
- Morgantina (Sicily)
- Motya (Sicily)
- Naxos (Sicily)
- Neapolis (Campania)
- Neapolis (Apulia)
- Nola (Campania)
- Nuceria Alfaterna (Campania)
- Nuceria (Bruttium)
- Orra (Calabria)
- Panormus (Sicily)
- Paropus (Sicily)
- Peithesa (Etruria)
- Petelia Can (Bruttium)
- Petra (Sicily)
- Phistelia (Campania)
- Populonia (Etruria)
- Poseidonia (Lucania)
- Pyxus (Lucania)
- Rhegium (Bruttium)
- Rubi (Apulia)
- Salapia (Apulia)
- Samadhi ? (Apulia)
- Sardinia
- Scylletium ? (Bruttium)
- Segesta (Sicilia)
- Selinus (Sicily)
- Signia (Latiuti)
- Silerae (Sicily)
- Siris (Lucania)
- Solus (Sicily)
- Sturnium (Calabria)
- Suessa Aurunca (Campania)
- Sybaris (Lucania)
- Syracusae (Sicily)
- Tarentum (Calabria)
- Tauromenium (Sicily)
- Teanum Sidicinum (Campania)
- Teate (Apulia)
- Terina (Bruttium)
- Thermae (Sicily)
- Thurium (Lucania)
- Tuder (Umbria)
- Tyndaris (Sicily)
- Ursentum ? (Lucania)
- Uxentum (Calabria)
- Velia (Lucania)
- Venusia (Apulia)
- Vetulonia (Etruria)
- Vestini (Picenum)
- Vibo Valentia (Bruttium)
- Volaterrae (Etruria)
- Volsinii (Etruria)
Conclusions
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