Introduction and Early Adoption of Coinage in Greece (c. 650–480 BCE)

1. Lydian electrum coinage spreads in western Anatolia

   Jan 1, 630 BCELabels: Lydia, Electrum coins

   • Smithsonian
   • SardisExp

2. Electrum proto-coins deposited at Ephesus

   Jan 1, 625 BCELabels: Ephesus, Artemision

   • SardisExp
   • BM Object

3. Earliest inscribed coins of Phanes at Ephesus

   Jan 1, 610 BCELabels: Phanes, Ephesus

   • Artemis
   • Phanes

4. Aegina begins striking silver turtle staters

   Jan 1, 560 BCELabels: Aegina, Turtle stater

   • Alpha Bank
   • ArtIC

5. Croesus introduces gold-and-silver Croeseids

   Jan 1, 550 BCELabels: Croesus, Croeseids

   • SardisExp
   • Croeseid

6. Persian conquest of Lydia sustains Sardis minting

   Jan 1, 546 BCELabels: Persian Empire, Sardis mint

   • Croeseid
   • SardisExp

7. Corinth starts silver staters with Pegasus

   Jan 1, 540 BCELabels: Corinth, Pegasus stater

   • Canellopoulos
   • CoinWeek

8. Athens mints early Wappenmünzen series

   Jan 1, 540 BCELabels: Athens, Wappenm nzen

   • Wappenm nzen
   • Springer

9. Aegean mints adopt emblematic civic coin types

   Jan 1, 530 BCELabels: Aegean poleis, Civic types

   • Alpha Bank
   • Canellopoulos

10. Darius I replaces Croeseid types with darics/sigloi

    Jan 1, 515 BCELabels: Darius I, Daric

    • SardisExp
    • Croeseid

11. Athens introduces the “owl” tetradrachm type

    Jan 1, 510 BCELabels: Athens, Owl tetradrachm

    • CoinWeek
    • Alpha Bank

12. Aeginetan turtle staters circulate widely (trade coin)

    Jan 1, 510 BCELabels: Aegina, Turtle stater

    • ArtIC
    • Alpha Bank

13. Coinage becomes embedded in Archaic Greek economies

    Jan 1, 500 BCELabels: Greek poleis, Coin production

    • Canellopoulos
    • Springer

14. Archaic Greek coin types persist through Persian Wars era

    Jan 1, 480 BCELabels: Archaic types, Persian Wars

    • CoinWeek
    • ArtIC