Ancient Coins: Coins of the Ancient Olympics

As one of the oldest traditions ever, the Olympics started all the way back in the 8th century BC. Every 4 years, the fiercely independent Greek City-States would set aside their differences and send their best athletes to see who was the best.

Did the Elians, the organizers of the event, mint coins? Did the participating cities mint coins celebrating their victories? We are finding out in this video!

------ Recommended Literature (affiliate links) ------

------ Recommended STORAGE and DISPLAY solutions for your coins (Affiliate links) ------

------ music credits ------
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License

[Numischannel]

Impressive collection, those Olympian staters are all very rare!

[sandrojones]

Just want to let you know I love your videos.
I’ve been binge watching all of them.
I had an antoninianus (no silver) of Aurelian and one of Postumus (20% silver) and watching your videos makes me really happy and inspired me to spend more than I ever have on a coin and buy a Gordian 3rd Silver coin!

Thank you so much. You make my day.

[isabelcrb]

Love your videos and that coins just wooow!!

[irisgem]

This would be a really cool theme for a collection!

[coinsandwheels.]

Me ha encantado este vídeo. Precioso y muy interesante.

[keithagn]

Great video! Like you I wonder who held and handle the coins back when they were new. Regards from Canada 🇨🇦

[compatriot]

I have a wrestling stater from Aspendos. I never knew it had a direct connection to the Olympics.

[ahmadsalehsaifullah]

Great collection !
What camera do you use btw ??