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When did they begin making silver coins?
Silver and gold were the materials of the first coins produced - they have been used as such for several thousand years.
What was the value of 200 pieces of silver in 10 AD?
There Was No Value To Silver In 10ADSilver ore was first discovered in west-central Arizona in 1583 by Spanish explorer Antonio de Espejo.
When was silver first found?
Silver has been known since ancient times. Mentioned in the book of Genesis, slag heaps found in Asia Minor and on the islands of theAegean Sea indicate that silver was being separated from lead as early as the 4th millennium BC using surface mining.
Who made the first coin?
Coins date back to Ancient history to today. The earliest coins date on or before 700 BC in Aegina Island or Ephesus, Lydia. The first coins were made of a mixture of gold and silver that was alloyed with silver and copper. The Persian daric was the first gold coin, but some of the most famous were the Roman and Greek coins.
What period marked the spread of greek culture throughout the Mediterranean?
During the Hellenistic Period (roughly the fourth century BC through the first century BC) Greek culture spread throughout the Mediterranean, first by Alexander the Great's conquest, then by the Roman empire.
