Greater Ancient World

Kingdom of Lydia, Croesus, AR stater denomination, c. 560-546 BCE.

Achaemenid (Persian) Empire. Silver Siglos, 485-470 BCE.

Aspendos, Pamphylia (Modern-day Turkey). Silver Stater. 4th Century BCE.

Tarsus, Cilicia (Turkey). Damates, Satrap of Cappadocia and Cilicia under the Persian Great King Artaxerxes II (405-359 BCE). Silver Stater, 378-372 BCE.

Antiochus II (261-246 BCE), Silver Tetradrachm, Seleucia-on-the-Tigris mint.

Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy II Philadelphos (285-46 BCE), Silver Tetradrachm, Sidon (Lebanon) mint, 250-249 BCE.

Persis, Unknown ruler (possibly Vadahfrad II (Autophradates II)), Silver Drachm, ca. 190-164 BCE.

Demetrios II Nikator, First Reign, Silver Tetradrachm, Seleucia on the Tigris mint, 145-138 BCE.

Antioch-on-the-Orontes (autonomous city in Roman Syria), AE 19, 64-49 BCE.

Mysia (Western Turkey): Pergamon (free city in Roman Asia), Silver Cistophoric Tetradrachm, ca. 92-88 BCE.

Antioch-on-the-Orontes (autonomous city in Roman Syria), AE 19, 64-49 BCE.

These coins are from the parts of the ancient world that were not considered to be mainland Greece or one of its colonies - including places like Persia, Lydia, and Syria. There are also coins from the different kingdoms that split from the original empire of Alexander the Great after he died: Ptolemaic, Seleucid, Macedonian and Pergamene.

These coins are also organized chronologically. Clicking on an individual coin will tell you more about its history.