COINS OF ANCIENT GREECE DRACHMAS AND STATERS 2.700 YEARS OF HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION. A VERY RARE COLLECTION OF 24 COINS OF PURE SILVER 950 , 1 COIN GOLD PLATED 24 K , EXACT COPIES OF THE ORIGINALS WHO EXPOSED IN MUSEUMS IN ALL OVER THE WORLD. HAND MADE FROM SPECIALISTS ARTISTS.
FROM THE 6th 5th, 4th, 3th AND 2th CENTURY B. PLEASE NOTE THAT 1 COIN OF THE COLLECTION IS GOLD PLATED 24 K. LIMITED SERIES OF NUMBER, TOTALY 5000 COPIES IN THE WORLD. CERTIFICATION NUMBER 109/5000 DIMENSIONS: FROM 15mm TO 30mm.
WEIGHT: FROM 2,4g TO 32,2g. INFORMATIONS ABOUT ALL THE COINS IN GREEK AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES. IN A VERY ELEGANT BLU VELVET BOX WITH COIN'S POSITION INDICATOR PAPER.
DIMENSIONS OF THE BOX: 22cm X 30cm X 4cm. WITH NUMBERED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY, GUIDE OF COIN'S INFORMATIONS AND BROSSURE. YOU CAN VISIT THE SITE: IMAGES FOR GREEK COINS, TO SEE THE COINS FROM THIS COLLECTION WHO EXPOSED IN MUSEUMS. A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY : THE NAME DRACHMA IS DERIVED FROM THE VERB'DRATTO'' (TO GRASP) AS INITIALLY A DRACHMA WAS A FISTFUL (A GRASP) OF SIX OVOLOI (METAL STICKS) WHICH WERE USED AS A FORM OF CURRENCY AS EARLY AS 1100 B.
ATHENIAN TETRADRACHMON (FOUR DRACHMAS) COIN WAS THE MOST WIDELY USED COIN IN THE GREEK WORLD PRIOR TO THE TIME OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT. AFTER ALEXANDER THE GREAT'S CONQUESTS THE NAME DRACHMA WAS USED IN MANY OF THE HELLENISTIC KINGDOMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST INCLUDING THE PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM IN ALEXANDRIA. THE ARABIC UNIT OF CURRENCY KNOWN AS DIRHAM KNOW FROM PRE-ISLAMIC TIMES AND AFTERWARDS, INHERITED ITS NAME FROM THE DRACHMA. THE DIRHAM IS STILL THE NAME OF THE OFFICIAL CURRENCIES OF MOROCCO AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. THE ARMENIAN DRAM ALSO DERIVES ITS NAME FROM THE DRACHMA.
GREECE THE CRADLE OF WORLD CIVILIZATION, THE CRADLE OF DEMOCRACY. GREEK LANGUAGE THE MOTHER OF ALL LANGUAGES. MACEDONIA THE LAND OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND ARISTOTELES, FROM THE ANTIQUITY TO NOWADAYS IS GREEK. The item "RARE COLLECTION 24 ANCIENT GREEK COINS PURE SILVER 950, 1 GOLD PLATED 24 K" is in sale since Friday, August 7, 2015. This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ Ancient\Greek (450 BC-100 AD)".
The seller is "miclen7" and is located in THESSALONIKI. This item can be shipped worldwide.