Hellenistic Coinage and Monetary Systems (4th–1st centuries BCE)

1. Athens begins New Style tetradrachm coinage

   Jan 1, 165Labels: Athens, New Style

   • CoinWeek
   • CoinWeek

2. Achaean League issues federal silver coinage

   Jan 1, 188Labels: Achaean League, federal coinage

   • ANS
   • Harvard

3. Attalid cistophorus introduced in western Asia Minor

   Jan 1, 190Labels: Attalid kingdom, cistophorus

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   • Standards

4. Ptolemy V enacts comprehensive monetary reform

   Jan 1, 197Labels: Ptolemy V, monetary reform

   • Oxford Acad
   • WHE

5. Bronze replaces silver for daily use in Ptolemaic Egypt

   Jan 1, 230Labels: Ptolemaic Egypt, bronze currency

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   • Ptolemaic

6. Ptolemaic reform expands silver and heavy bronze coinage

   Jan 1, 260Labels: Ptolemaic reform, heavy bronze

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   • Ptolemaic

7. Ptolemy I’s portrait-and-eagle tetradrachms circulate

   Jan 1, 294Labels: Ptolemy I, portrait-eagle tetradrachm

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   • Wikimedia

8. Lysimachus introduces Alexander-with-Ammon tetradrachms

   Jan 1, 297Labels: Lysimachus, Alexander-Ammon

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   • Lawrence U
   • British Museum

9. Ptolemaic Egypt establishes a closed currency system

   Jan 1, 300Labels: Ptolemaic Egypt, closed currency

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   • Britannica

10. Seleucus I issues early royal tetradrachm types

    Jan 1, 304Labels: Seleucus I, royal tetradrachm

    • Met Museum
    • Met Museum
    • AncientMoney

11. Posthumous Alexandrine issues dominate Hellenistic silver

    Jan 1, 323Labels: Alexandrine issues, posthumous coins

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    • Britannica

12. Alexander standardizes empire-wide royal coin types

    Jan 1, 336Labels: Alexander III, standard coin

    • Britannica
    • Brown U
    • Wikipedia