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Plan of the first floor of Ilios Melathros
The obverses of the coins depict themes characteristic of the issuing authority and easily recognizable by their users. Popular themes of the iconography of ancient Greek coins are the gods, mythological scenes, flora, fauna, plastic works, portraits of rulers, buildings and building complexes.
Living room on the first floor of Ilios Melathros The gold and ivory statue of Asclepius, god of medicine, at Epidaurus. Silver drachma of Epidaurus, 350-330 BC. NM 1902/3 IA 1 Portrait of the Roman general Titus Flamininus. Gold stater, c. 196 BC. NM 1669 The schematic representation of the Labyrinth was the first depiction of a building on a coin. Silver stater from Knossos, 300-270 BC. NM 
Eagle, the sacred bird of Zeus. Silver stater of Elis, 480-470 BC. NM 1894/5 C 61 Celery served as a symbolic symbol of Selenun in Sicily. Silver didrachm of Selenun, 540-515 BC. NM Empedocles Collection