Finding ancient greek coins for sale can be tricky as the ancient greek coin can be hard to find if you are looking for valuable coins as the most valuable greek coins will often be displayed in a public place. Many other more common ancient greek coins do not demand a high price.

The history of ancient Greek coins is extremely immense, there are said to be as many as 100,000 distinctive types of ancient coins made between the Greeks and the Romans. It is also understood that there are 1000’s of different types not yet found. The main reason for so much diversity is, because every Greek city or sometimes called states minted their own coins.

Even though today, archeologists are still unearthing hoards of these ancient treasures. A highly debatable subject is when coins first appeared in Greece, most believe in the early 600 BC period. It is thought that the little Greek isle of Aegina was one of the first places to mint these now dated coins.

Every coin produced back then was hand made using a few punches and a hammer. The Greeks went to great lengths to makes sure these coins where as perfect as they could be considering the crude methods they use in that era. Some of the best ones made are very rare and can only been seen in a museum. These coins are very valuable as well, some considered priceless.

Some of the most noteworthy coins from the Greek where inspired by Alexander the great and Julius Caesar. During the reign of Alexander, these coins were said to be the most powerful of the time. They depicted the most dominant symbols as well like Hercules, and Zeus. They also set the standards for future coinage of the era.

The Greeks are also significantly noted for placing the ugliest face every minted on a coin, that was the face of Medusa. This is by far one of the oddest depiction ever seen. She has her tongue sticking out and you can see her crude looking teeth not to mention the snakes swarming on her head. This looks more like an evil medallion than it does a coin !