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Message:: [QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 7843514, member: 118780"]<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=BeHkkCXec8kC&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=name+of+city+on+greek+coins+genitive+plural&source=bl&ots=gwzLYSAVOe&sig=ACfU3U1R3ViZIlVmq_f9EpswVZPExZpRvw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiazJfytcPyAhWgCjQIHcKJA8wQ6AF6BAgiEAM#v=onepage&q=name%20of%20city%20on%20greek%20coins%20genitive%20plural&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=BeHkkCXec8kC&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=name+of+city+on+greek+coins+genitive+plural&source=bl&ots=gwzLYSAVOe&sig=ACfU3U1R3ViZIlVmq_f9EpswVZPExZpRvw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiazJfytcPyAhWgCjQIHcKJA8wQ6AF6BAgiEAM#v=onepage&q=name%20of%20city%20on%20greek%20coins%20genitive%20plural&f=false" rel="nofollow">Here</a>'s an article with a bit more information. The author suggests that this was done from the earliest times when city names appeared on coins, though he doesn't mention the first city to do that. Also interesting is there are many exceptions, most notable being Tarentum. <a href="https://coinsweekly.com/and-this-is-where-aristotle-was-wrong/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinsweekly.com/and-this-is-where-aristotle-was-wrong/" rel="nofollow">Another article</a> I found suggests that in the case of Tarentum, Taras refers to the name-giver of the city instead of the inhabitants, and therefore is in the nominative.[/QUOTE]