April 12, 2024
### AKRAGAS Sicily coin bronze.Hemilitron 410BC ###
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AKRAGAS .Sicily coin Bronze. HEMILITRON (18.53 grams). 341BC. BROWN PATINE See other my coins. available shipping multiple additional item 2 $ GREEKCOINAGE The history of Ancient Greek coinage can be divided (along with most other Greek art forms) into three periods, the Archaic, the Classical, and the Hellenistic . The Archaic period extends from the introduction of coinage to the Greek world in about 600 BCE until the Persian Wars in about 480 BCE . The Classical period then began, and lasted until the conquests of Alexander the Great in about 330 BC , which began the Hellenistic period, extending until the Roman absorption of the Greek world in the 1st century BCE. The Greek cities continued to produce their own coins for several more centuries under Roman rule, called Roman provincial coins . ROMAN COINAGE The Roman currency during most of the Roman Republic and the western half of the Roman Empire consisted of coins including the aureus (gold), the denarius (silver), the sestertius (bronze), the dupondius (bronze), and the as (copper). These were used from the middle of the third century BC until the middle of the third century AD. They were still accepted as payment in Greek influenced territories, even though these regions issued their own base coinage and some silver in other denominations , either called Greek Imperial
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