Numismatic Museum of Athens
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The Numismatic Museum of Athens is a museum in Athens. It is housed in a neoclassic building, the Iliou Melathron ("Palace of Ilium") which used to be the residence of the renowned archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann. The building was designed by the notable German architect Ernst Ziller.
The main exhibitions of the museum on the first floor narrate the history of coinage; the construction, dissemination, usage and the different iconography of coins in the Ancient Greek world. On the second floor there are exhibitions of Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval and of the modern era.
