They came into use slightly before or after 700 BCE, about the time of the poet Homer.
drachma
many but mainly drachma/drachmae
Greek coins were used for $money$. That was the purpose of coins.
Alfred Watson Hands has written: 'Coins of Magna Graecia' -- subject(s): Greek Coins 'Italo-Greek coins of southern Italy' -- subject(s): Greek Coins, Roman Coins, Oscan Coins
There are a lot of differences between Greek coins and Indian ones. Get a book about world coins, and you can learn a lot about how to identify coins.
Indian coins typically feature symbols or images specific to Indian culture, history, or religious beliefs, while Greek coins often depict mythological figures, gods, or scenes from Greek mythology. Indian coins may also include inscriptions in regional languages, while Greek coins usually have inscriptions in ancient Greek. Additionally, Indian coins were traditionally made of gold, silver, or copper, while Greek coins were commonly made of silver or bronze.
M. Jessop Price has written: 'Archaic Greek coinage' -- subject(s): Antiquities, Coin hoards, Coins, Greek, Greek Coins, Silver coins
Same as all other Greek silver coins: drachmas. Same as all other Greek gold coins: staters.
Are you kidding? They were the first to mint coins!
Agnes Baldwin Brett has written: 'Facing heads on ancient Greek coins' -- subject(s): Facing heads (Numismatics), Greek Coins 'Victory issues of Syracuse after 413 B.C' -- subject(s): Greek Antiquities, Greek Coins, Greek Numismatics 'The electrum and silver coins of Chios' 'Six Roman bronze medallions' -- subject(s): Numismatics, Roman Coins
Richard Bertram Whitehead has written: 'Indo-greek numismatics' -- subject(s): Coins, Greek, Greek Coins, India
There is no patron saint of old coins.