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Greek Coins - page #3
Listed below you will find more ancient Greek coins produced, including the
ancient coins of Kingdom of Thrace, and Mesembria. Many coins of ancient Greece
hold images of Hercules (known to the ancient Greeks as Herakles), many of these
images allude to one of his 10 labors. One of the ways he was portrayed on Greek
coins was wearing the Nemean lion skin, slaying this savage monster was the
first labor placed upon he.
| (GB0003) Macedonian Kingdom, Phillip II, 359-336 B.C. |
| AE 18 |
| Obv. - Head of Apollo(?) right, hair bound in a tainia. |
| Rev. - Naked youth on a horse. |
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| Attribution: Sear Greek Coins - 6697 |
| (GB0002) Macedonian Kingdom, 336-323 B.C. |
| AE 18 |
| Obv. - Head of young Hercules, clad in lion's skin. |
| Rev. - Bow, club, and quiver. B, thunderbolt, and A
between. |
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| Attribution: Sear Greek Coins - 6742(v) |
| (GB0004) Macedonian kingdom, 336-323 B.C. |
| AE 18 |
| Obv. - Head of young Hercules right, clad in lion's skin. |
| Rev. - Above club right, below bow in case. |
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| Attribution: Sear Greek Coins - 6739 |
| (GB0005) Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachan type, 297-281 B.C. |
| AE 17 |
| Obv. - Young male head right, in crested helmet. |
| Rev. - Lion leaping right, race torch beneath lion. |
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| Attribution: Sear Greek Coins - 6819(v) |
| (GB0001) Thrace: Mesembria, 3rd - 2nd cent. B.C. |
| AE 20 |
| Obv. - Diademed female head right. |
| Rev. - Athena Alkidemos advancing left. |
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| Attribution: Sear Greek Coins - 1677 |
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