What is the rarest Greek coin?

Athens Dekadrachm
Weighing 42.5 grams and reportedly worth $1 million, the coin is known as “Athens Dekadrachm” and there are only 40 of these rare coins in the whole world.

Are ancient Greek coins valuable?

Today ancient Greek coins are also numismatic coins. This means that they are worth more than the value of their precious metal and are therefore valuable collectibles. Their added value is mainly a result of their ancient history and rarity.

Who took over Thrace?

Lysimachus (/lɪˈsɪməkəs/; Greek: Λυσίμαχος, Lysimachos; c. 360 BC – 281 BC) was a Thessalian officer and successor of Alexander the Great, who in 306 BC, became King of Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedon. Hellenistic marble bust of Lysimachus at the Ephesus Archaeological Museum, dated circa 300 BC.

How much is Alexander the Great coin?

A rare silver decadrachm of Alexander III “the Great” was sold during Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins and Collectibles’ June 2 auction for $27,600, including the 20 percent buyer’s fee.

What is Thrace called today?

Today, Thracian is a geographical term used in Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria.

Is there an app to identify coins?

Coinoscope is a visual search engine for coins. Coinoscope makes coin recognition easy – just snap a picture of a coin with your phone camera and the app will show you a list of similar coins. Click on the coin to see additional information in the web browser of your phone.

How much is a tetradrachm worth?

On the right of the owl are the first three letters in Greek of the name of Athena and of Athens: AΘΗ. The coin is a tetradrachm, meaning that it was worth four drachmas; one drachma, in turn, was worth six obols.

How rare are Alexander the Great coins?

Rare and desirable Estimates of surviving populations of this rarity range from 20 to 25 pieces, generally toward the lower number. Many of these were discovered in 1973 in what has become known as the Babylon Hoard.

How do you identify Alexander the Great coins?

The two faces of coins are referred to as the “obverse” and the “reverse.” The obverse of a coin is obtained from a die set into an anvil; the reverse from a die striking from above. In the Alexander tetradrachms the Herakles head is the obverse type, the Zeus figure the reverse.