Coins of Ancient Miletos
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Description: An introduction to the bronze, silver, and electrum coins of the ancient Greek city of Miletos (Miletus) in Ionia.
Ancient Greek Coins of Miletus (Miletos, Ionia, Asia Minor, Turkey) Robert J. O’Hara ([email protected]) Silver drachm of Miletus, fourth century ancient Greek city of Miletus in Asia Minor, on what is now the west coast of Turkey, has been called the birthplace of the modern world. Home of Thales, “the father of philosophy,†and his followers Anaximander and Anaximenes, Miletus was the intellectual and commercial capital of the Greek world in the century before Athens rose to prominence. These pages discuss the origins and early history of coinage and present a detailed outline of Milesian coin types from the Greek and Roman periods.
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| Page title: | Ancient Greek Coins of Miletus (Miletos, Ionia, Asia Minor, Turkey) |
| Keywords: | Miletus Miletos Ionia Anatolia Greek coins Lydia Croesus Kroisos Thales Anaximander pre-Socratic philosophers electrum Persian Wars Freya Stark Alexander the Great |
| Description: | On the origin and history of Western coinage, with a synopsis of the ancient Greek coins of Miletus, the birthplace of the modern world. |
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