Athens Numismatic Museum

In the past few weeks, the word "Grexit" plays daily in international media. A few days before Sunday's pivotal elections, that most likely will bring the first left-wing government in Greece, the drachma is back on the lips of...

A numismatic treasure has been discovered at Sagri on Naxos island. Fifty-four silver Venetian 'grossi' coins as well as other silver coins of several Venetian mintings, probably dated to the reigns of the doges Giovanni Soranzo (1329-1339), Bartolomeo Gradenigo...

A genuine treasure of Ancient Greece concerning one of the most important ancient city-states of the northern Aegean, Abdera, is currently on display at the Numismatic Museum in Athens. The exhibition, which will run through March 4 2012, is dedicated...