Ancient Greek drachma coins, as it happens, were famous for their artistry, especially the handcrafted, high-relief designs—three-dimensional and elaborate—that rose from the faces of the coins.

A Euro coin is on a Greek Drachma banknote A Euro coin is on a Greek Drachma banknote Murad Sezer/Reuters Now that Greek voters have voted "no" in the referendum, the government is engaged in a ...

Print drachma banknotes and coins. If the Greek government resolves to push ahead with its drachma currency, it would eventually have to print banknotes and coins.

The world's most expensive ancient coin has emerged for sale - for a cool £2million. This drachma was first struck 2,418 years ago. It has risen in value at nearly £1,000 a year since.

One side of the tetra drachma coins depicts Alexander the Great, while the other side shows the Greek god Zeus sitting on a throne with an eagle perched on his extended arm.

DAMASCUS, Syria—More than 250 silver coins dating back to the time of Alexander the Great were unearthed in northern Syria, a Syrian archaeologist said Thursday .

Kanjo added that the box contained two groups of coins, 137 "tetra" drachmas (four drachmas) and 115 single drachma coins. ... Some of the coins bear the inscription King Alexander in Greek, ...