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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 4498210, member: 44357&quot;]I can&#039;t not post this coin with a thread started on the Peloponnesian War:</p><p><br /></p><p>As the Peloponnesian War dragged on, Athens found itself facing a monetary crisis. It attempted to rectify this situation by producing its first gold coinage. Around 413 B.C. Athens found herself cut off from its main source of silver at Laurion and after four years the need for additional funds prompted the melting down of seven golden statues of Nike. This action produced fourteen talents of gold, which was minted into six denominations from Staters to Hemiobols. Once the mintage was finished, the dies were hidden away in an alabaster box in the Parthenon to prevent misuse</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115589[/ATTACH] </p><p><i>(One of only six known; one of two examples not in a museum collection. Ex. John Whitney Walter)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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