Ancient coin-inspired jewelry has such a rich history of storytelling ... mimics those minted by the silversmiths of the ancient Greek city of Syracuse circa 300 BC, and depicts "the helmeted ...
Credit: CNG. CC BY-3.0/Wikimedia Commons/CNG Depictions of the bee appear very early in the development of coinage in ancient Greece, with Ephesus, an ancient city in Ionia (Aegean coast of Asia Minor ...
The conquest of Alexander the Great brought Cyrene and the Cyrenaica under Greek rule along with Egypt. Ancient Greek Coin from Cyrene under Ptolemaic rule, 3rd century BC. Credit: Classical ...