This article demonstrates that distinct and coherent silver sources can be discriminated from
surface compositional analyses. In the first large-scale study of Archaic (pre-479 BC) …

Silver mining helped transform Athens from a quiet backwater ca. 600 BCE to a dominant
regional and naval power a little over a century later, but despite having large argentiferous …

The observed weights of ancient coins are usually less than the nominal “ideal” weights of
the coin standards to which they belong because state authorities took a fee—“seigniorage” …

A small number of electrum coins has been attributed to Athens and placed among the
Wappenmünzen (the earliest coins of Athens) broadly in the second half of the sixth century …

La terra che, se seminata, non dà frutti, se scavata, nutre molta più gente che se producesse
grano : ulteriori riflessioni su Page 1 “La terra che, se seminata, non dà frutti, se scavata, nutre …

Archaic owl tetradrachms form an important subset of our research into Early Attic coinage.
This paper analyses their physical characteristics and silver content based on …

A small number of electrum coins has been attributed to Athens and placed among the
Wappenm nzen (the earliest coins of Athens) broadly in the second half of the sixth century …