Excavations at nemea iii the coins since 1974 the university of california at berkeley has been sponsoring extensive excavations at the panhellenic athletic festival center of ancient nemea in the modern greek province of korinthia with its well documented excavation and clear historical context the site offers an excellent opportunity for . With its well documented excavation and clear historical context the site offers an excellent opportunity for investigation and analysis this book the third in a series of publications on nemea is a detailed presentation of the more than 3000 legible coins from all over the ancient world that have been unearthed there. Coins from an excavation present special problems and challenges the coordination of archaeology and numismatics to produce information that neither discipline produces of itself requires careful excavation recording and numismatic methodology the site of nemea fig1 offers a well documented excavation fig 2 a fairly clear and brief historical context and a reasonable number and . Since 1974 the university of california at berkeley has been sponsoring extensive excavations at the panhellenic athletic festival center of ancient nemea in the modern greek province of korinthia with its well documented excavation and clear historical context the site offers an excellent opportunity for investigation and analysis