Why Is Coins Important In Ancient Greece

The ancient Greek civilization had many contributions that helped explain its significance in history. During the Archaic Age, there were many economies and cultures. One economy were the coins. Although, the Greeks did not invent coins they did use coins to their advantage. They improved the design of the coins and the circulation of them. The Greeks added stamps to both sides of the coins for identification and made them of silver (Dutton 48). The Greeks used the coins for “collection of taxes and the payment of debt” (Dutton 48). The coins did not bring back to life the Greek’s economy. However, it did mark “Greece’s reentrance … as a trading presence in the Mediterranean” (Dutton 48). According to Steven Kreis the Greeks achievements