The use of currency spread throughout the then known world through the Greek colonies in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. The tetradrachm of the Athenian Republic and the tetradrachm and gold stater of Alexander the Great became the "international" coins of the Classical and Hellenistic eras due to their wide distribution.
In Ilios Melathron, in the dining room of the Schliemann house, the collections of the most important donors of the Numismatic Museum are exhibited. Important personalities of Hellenism, princes from Russia, bankers and merchants from Alexandria and Marseille, benefactors of the nation, politicians, scientists and people of letters and arts have not ceased to contribute to the Numismatic Museum
The purpose of the Re-Exhibition is to present to future visitors of the Museum two hundred and seventy (270) rare and very special and unique gold, silver and copper coins, which it recently acquired thanks to the generous donation of the Andreas Bouzas family.
The relationship between man and money comes to life in scenes from films of various eras. The fleeting fragments of the films capture the tensions, hatreds, passions, and desires that money causes.
In Heinrich Schliemann's Summer Office, the relationship between people and money in various eras is approached, as reflected in works of philosophy, literature and history.
