You’d be surprised! It’s all about supply and demand. You can get very common Ancient Greek coins from 300 BC (eg ~2300 years old) for $50 these days. For example:
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-phoenicia-s...
Of course you can also get rare ones for $thousands or $millions. All about who cares and how many there are.
Bearing in mind that I know nothing about ancient Greece and coins in equal parts.
Is there any particular city state / public person your friend is fond of? I'd plug that in their search bar and see what comes up.
And by dig, I mean ask literally anything and listen to the half hour lecture.
Thanks!
1 loaf of bread 1 obolos
The standard rate for a prostitute 3 oboloi
6 oboloi are 1 drahma, about 4 drahmai to the shekel. That coin is 1/16 shekel, so about 1.5 loaves
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