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In this video ANS Chief Curator Dr. Peter van Alfen reviews the long history of Athenian silver coinage, from its beginnings in the mid-sixth century BC under the tyrant Peisistratus to the culmination of Athenian silver coin production under Roman control in the first century BC.
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Coins seen in this video:
Wappenmünze with wheel, ca. 530 BC: numismatics.org...
Wappenmünze with horse’s rear end, ca. 530 BC: numismatics.org...
Gorgoneion, ca. 525 BC: numismatics.org...
“Owl” tetradrachm, ca. 515-480 BC: numismatics.org...
“Owl” tetradrachm, ca. 460 BC: numismatics.org...
“Owl” decadrachm, ca. 460 BC: numismatics.org...
“Owl” tetradrachm, ca. 430 BC: numismatics.org...
Syracusan tetradrachm, ca. 410 BC: numismatics.org...
“Pi-style” owl tetradrachm, ca. 350 BC: numismatics.org...
“Four-fingered” style owl tetradrachm, ca. 280 BC: numismatics.org...
“New Style” owl tetradrachm, ca. 150 BC: numismatics.org...
Roman-period owl tetradrachm, ca. 70 BC: numismatics.org...
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