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100 Greatest Ancient Coins Series: Zeus Olympic Stater (Greece 416 BC)

With the 2026 Winter Olympics just ending in February, and the anticipation for the 2028 Summer Olympics being hosted in Los Angeles, we as a nation (and globe) are very aware of the impact of the games. We are also very aware of who and when the Olympic games started, leading us into our next entry in our blog series following along with Whitman Publishing’s 100 Greatest Ancient Coins. Author Harlan J. Berk will take us back to the coinage that was needed for the games and where it was produced. As always, this top 100 list features coins from the earliest onward, meaning their rankings are out of order.

#55 – Zeus Olympic Stater (Greece – 416 BC)

Ancient Greece was dedicated to athletics. Most notably, of course, were the Olympic games. Believed to have been created in 776 BC, the Greeks celebrated them every four years at...read more