Auctions A 2,000-Year-Old Gold Greek Stater Just Fetched $6 Million at Auction, Making It the Most Expensive Ancient Coin Ever Sold The coin once belonged to the State Hermitage Museum until it ...

Greece's financial crisis could certainly use the help of a drachma -- provided it's the 2400-year-old coin that is poised to fetch $2.5 million when it is auctioned next month.

The world's most expensive ancient coin has emerged for sale - for a cool £2million. This Greek drachma was first struck 2,418 years ago and has risen in value at nearly £1,000 a year ever since.