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Plan of the 2nd floor of Ilios Melathros
Since the 16th century, the creation of major trading powers in Europe and the abundance of precious metals have created the conditions for the issuance and circulation of many large gold and silver coins. The long journey from the coins of the major European states and their colonies continues to the issues of the Monetary Unions and independent countries, passes to nickel and paper coins and reaches the plastic and intangible money of the second half of the 20th century. Important information about trade and transactions in Greece from the 15th to the 20th century is provided by the coins of the great European powers and the Ottoman Empire that circulated in the region.
8 reales (talir) of Philip III of Spain, 1598-1621. NM Z 612 
A treasure trove of silver coins from various European countries that was hidden in the early decades of the 17th century. It was found in Thessaloniki in 1954. Grosi Abdul Hamid I, 1774-1789. NM 1901/2 C 13 Victorian Pound of Great Britain (1837-1901), 1887. NM 641/1980