Anyone here know if most ancient coins were cast or struck?

MastaHanky

Also, are there any good websites around with pictures of various ancient coins?

I'd post this on the darkside, but I have somebody needing an answer kind of fast (dunno why), and I don' t know how often that forum gets read.

Placid

Here is one site there are lots just search at google.

Most romans were struck with die's.

sumnom

1. The Dark Side is frequently read.

2. In East Asia, coins were cast for thousands of years, up until about 100 to 150 years ago, depending on the country.

ccr

Here`s a site about the Romans.

Romans

lordmarcovan

Most ancient coins were struck, except in the Far East, as sumnom mentioned.

davefperry

Most were struck or stamped. Here's another history site.

Wildwinds is a better site with pics of about every ancient coin.

nwcs

Definitely struck, although there are some counterfeiters at the time who did casts. Later counterfeiters also did a lot of casts.