Definition

• A general name for the earliest types of the Greek coins struck from circa B.C. 700 to B.C. 480. In this period " there is a gradual development from extreme rudeness of execution to more clearly defined forms characterised by stiffness and angularity of style. " This is the first of the art periods according to Head's classification, and the figures on the coins usually consist of animals, heads of animals, and human heads in profile.

Source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

Relationships