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Silver stater from Siphnos, Cyclades, 540-500 BCE. O: Eagle. (R: incuse square).

Silver stater from Calymna, Caria, 600-550 BCE. O: Male head in crested helmet. R: Lyre in incuse square.

Silver didrachm from Rhodes, Caria, 304-166 BCE. O: Head of Helios. R: Rose.

Silver tetradrachm from Cos, Caria, 300-190 BCE. O: Head of Hercules. R: Crab

Silver tetradrachm from Pontus, reign of Mithridates VI Eupator, 120-63 BCE. O: Head of Mithridates. R: Stag.

Silver tetradrachm from Bactria, reign of Demetrius I, 205-171 BCE. O: Head of Demetrius I. R: Hercules.

Silver tetradrachm from Bactria, reign of Antimachus I, 185-170 BCE. O: Head of Antimachus I. (R: Poseidon).

Silver tetradrachm from Sparta (Lacadaemon), reign of Cleomenes III, 227-222 BCE. O: Head of Cleomenes III. (R: Artemis).

Silver tetradrachm from Epirus, reign of Pyrrhus, 295-272 BCE. O: Head of Zeus Dodonaios. R: Dione on a throne.

Silver tetradrachm from Macedonia, reign of Demetrius I of Macedon, 306-283 BCE. O: Nike blowing a trumpet on a ship's brow. R: Poseidon with trident. The coin was minted to commemorate Demetrius' victory over Ptolemy I at Salamis near Cyprus...