10 Remarkable Ancient Coins from Around the Globe 

1. The Syracusan Decadrachm (415-400 BC)

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2. The Athenian Owl Tetradrachm (449-323 BC)

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3. The Lycian Turtle (c. 480-460 BC)

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4. The Persian Daric (522-486 BC)

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5. The Ptolemaic Tetradrachm (306-30 BC)

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6. The Roman Aureus (27 BC-476 AD)

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7. The Kushan Gold Dinar (c. 1st-3rd centuries AD)

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8. The Gupta Gold Dinar (c. 4th-6th centuries AD)

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9. The Chinese Kaiyuan Tongbao (621-1078 AD)

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10. The Japanese Tenpo Tsūhō (1835-1868 AD)

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