An Athenian coin tells a remarkable story about the birth of Athenian democracy, Athenian trade and expansion, and the slaves who worked the silver mines.

Doryphoros. Roman copy, found in Pompeii, Italy. Copy, 1st cent. BCE; original, circa 450 BCE.

This combined podcast and blog series traces the history of the classical world in 100 objects, from the beginnings of the Bronze Age in Greece to the fall of the Roman Empire.

Athenian Tetradrachm. From Athens, Greece (found in Hauran, Jordan). 460 to 455 BCE.