Main side (obverse) of an Athenian tetradrachm
Reverse of an Athenian tetradrachm
Modern Greek euro; AD 2006
Athenian hemiobol on a US one cent piece
Source: cointalk.com
Visit the site https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/athens-hemiobol-rev-on-cent-jpg.330082/Black-figure amphora showing men picking olives; 520 BC
Two men are using sticks to knock the olives down.
Silver decadrachm (10 drachmas) from Syracuse in Sicily; 400 – 390 BC
The coin depicts the sea nymph Arethusa.
Imitation Athenian tetradrachm made in Egypt; about 343 – 337
This silver coin was minted by Sabakes, the Persian governor of Egypt when it was under Persian rule. The cuts were made to check the quality of the coin.
Black-figure cup showing a merchant ship, perhaps being attacked by a pirate ship; 520 – 500 BC
Game investigating an ancient Greek shipwreck
Source: ancientgreece.co.uk
Visit the site http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/geography/challenge/cha_set.htmlBBC primary history pages about Greek ships
Source: bbc.co.uk
Visit the site http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/sea_and_ships/Black-figure drinking cup showing a ploughman, his plough pulled by oxen, and a man sowing seed; 560 – 550 BC
Red-figure cup showing a shoemaker; 480 – 470 BC
Black-figure jug showing metalworkers; 500-475 BC
Black-figure cup showing a potter; 500 – 480 BC
Advice to a farmer
Source: ancientgreece.co.uk
Visit the site http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/time/story/sto_set.htmlAthenian calendar with festivals
Source: about.com
Visit the site http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/greeceastronomy/g/AthenianMonths.htmOutside the classroom
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Source: ashmolean.org
Visit the site http://www.ashmolean.org/Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Source: bmag.org.uk
Visit the site http://www.bmag.org.uk/birmingham-museumGreat North Museum, Newcastle
Source: twmuseums.org.uk
Visit the site http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/great-north-museum.htmlManchester Museum
Source: manchester.ac.uk
Visit the site http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/World Museum, Liverpool
Source: liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
Visit the site http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/index.aspxFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Source: cam.ac.uk
Visit the site http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/Burrell Collection, Glasgow
Source: glasgowlife.org.uk
Visit the site http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/burrell-collection/Pages/default.aspxBritish Museum
Source: britishmuseum.org
Visit the site http://www.britishmuseum.org