The Athenians and Spartans economy were very different with some similarities. Both of these city-states were part of Ancient Greece. There were three main areas of Athens and Sparta economy that made them differs. Currency was the most differs of the three followed by Trading and Agriculture. Athens made their own coins that made trade easier within the city-state and with other city-states. Athens used different valued metals to represent the different coin values so they could trade with valued coins for different prices. The coins had different pictures on the front and back to represent that they were Athenian coins. On the front of each coin was the picture of Athena and on the back of the coin was Athena’s representative bird