II. B.C. 480-430. Period of Transitional Art, between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars.
III. B.C. 430-400. Period of Early Fine Art, to the end of the Athenian supremacy. IV. B.C. 400-336. Period of Finest Art. Age of the Spartan and Theban supremacies. Philip of Macedon.
V. B.C. 336-280. Period of Later Fine Art. Age of Alexander and his immediate successors.
VI. B.C. 280-197. Period of the Decline of Art. Age of the Epigoni or descendants of Alexander’s successors.
VII. B.C. 197-27. Period of Late Decline of Art. Age of the Attalids, Mithradates, and of the Roman supremacy.
VIII. B.C. 27—A.D. 268. Period of Latest Decline of Art. The Empire. Augustus—Gallienus.
§ OF THE METALS OF WHICH COINS ARE COMPOSED.
The coins of the ancients were of various metals, of which the following need only be specified.
1. Gold, distinguished in numismatic works by the abbreviation
