Greece is a country and region in South-East Europe, and the birthplace of much of western philosophy and civilization.
From the eighth century BC, the Greeks were organised into various independent city-states, known as poleis (singular polis), which spanned the entire Mediterranean region and the Black Sea. Philip of Macedon united most of the Greek mainland in the fourth century BC, with his son Alexander the Great rapidly conquering much of the ancient world, spreading Greek culture and science from the eastern Mediterranean to India.
This (geographical) cartegory covers the regions of Cental Greece, Crete, the Cyclades, Epirus, Euboea, the Peloponnese, and Thessaly. It is bordered to the east by Asia Minor, to the west by Italia, and to the north by the Balkans, including Macedonia and Thrace.
Eighty percent of Greece consists of mountains or hills, making the country one of the most mountainous in Europe. Mount Olympus, the mythical abode of the Greek Gods, culminates at Mytikas peak 2,918 metres.
From the eighth century BC, the Greeks were organised into various independent city-states, known as poleis (singular polis), which spanned the entire Mediterranean region and the Black Sea. Philip of Macedon united most of the Greek mainland in the fourth century BC, with his son Alexander the Great rapidly conquering much of the ancient world, spreading Greek culture and science from the eastern Mediterranean to India.
This (geographical) cartegory covers the regions of Cental Greece, Crete, the Cyclades, Epirus, Euboea, the Peloponnese, and Thessaly. It is bordered to the east by Asia Minor, to the west by Italia, and to the north by the Balkans, including Macedonia and Thrace.
Eighty percent of Greece consists of mountains or hills, making the country one of the most mountainous in Europe. Mount Olympus, the mythical abode of the Greek Gods, culminates at Mytikas peak 2,918 metres.
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Boeotian League
221-197 BC
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AE
unit
Federal Mint
Obverse:
Head of Persephone, 3/4 facing right
Reverse:
Poseidon standing left, holding trident
(2)
Boeotian League
300 - 250 BC
AE
unit
Federal Mint
Obverse:
Boiotian ox hide shield
Reverse:
BOIWTWN (upward on left), ornamented trident head upward, straight crossbar, dolphin upward on right, no control symbol
(3)
Boeotian League
300 - 250 BC
AE
unit
Federal Mint
Obverse:
Boiotian ox hide shield
Reverse:
BOIWTWN (upward on left), ornamented trident head upward, straight crossbar, dolphin upward on right, no control symbol
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Caligula
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Germanicus
37-41 AD
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AE
Uncertain
Cnossus
Obverse:
C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS, Bare head of Caligula facing right
Reverse:
GER CAESAR PVLCHRO III VARIO IIVIR, Bare head of Germanicus facing right
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Epirote League
234-168 BC
AE
unit
Federal Mint
Obverse:
Laureate, veiled, and draped bust of Dione right, wearing stephane; AI(?) monogram behind, BO before, palm frond below
Reverse:
Tripod in wreath, AΠEI-PΩTAN on either side
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Julius Caesar
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Octavian
28-27 BC
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AE
2 Asses?
Thessalonica
Obverse:
ΘEOΣ, Head of Divus Julius Caesar facing right, wearing laurel wreath; NK countermark
Reverse:
ΘEΣΣAΛONIKEΩN, Bare head of Octavian facing right; Δ below
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Ptolemy II
275-265/264 BC
Obverse:
laureate head of Zeus-Ammon right
Reverse:
eagle with spread wings standing on lightning, Galatian shield left, ΠΤΟΛEMAIOY ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, (ΣΩ) // (XAP), Λ between eagle's legs
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Thessalian League
47-46 BC
Obverse:
Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath; [I]TAΛO[Σ] behind
Reverse:
Athena Itonia advancing right; [Δ]IO-KΛHΣ above spear, N-I in inner fields