Classical Influence on US Coin Design

One for the coineys, James West, 'Teddy Roosevelt Was Obsessed With Making the Dollar Look Like the Greek Drachma', Mother Jones Mon Jul. 6, 2015 - quotes "Philip Kiernan, a professor of archeology at the University of Buffalo where he studies ancient money, a field known as numismatics". A real numismatist, not a shopkeeper calling himself one.