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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2627298, member: 57495"]None of the volumes I have are the ones that cover mainland Greece or the islands so I can't speak to their contents, but in the preface of each volume is a short, general discussion of the basic weight standards and a table of denominations and how they relate to a basic unit. Furthermore for each city, there is an introduction split into two sections - History and Coinage. The coinage section often has notes that cover things like dates of first emissions, changes in weight standards, coin types and mint practices. The catalog section will typically also state which standard a city was using (eg., Sicily, Leontinoi - Attic Standard; Sicily, Himera - Euboic standard). This is all more info than what you'll find in the Sear books, but I'd stress again that these are still general references.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2627298, member: 57495"]None of the volumes I have are the ones that cover mainland Greece or the islands so I can't speak to their contents, but in the preface of each volume is a short, general discussion of the basic weight standards and a table of denominations and how they relate to a basic unit. Furthermore for each city, there is an introduction split into two sections - History and Coinage. The coinage section often has notes that cover things like dates of first emissions, changes in weight standards, coin types and mint practices. The catalog section will typically also state which standard a city was using (eg., Sicily, Leontinoi - Attic Standard; Sicily, Himera - Euboic standard). This is all more info than what you'll find in the Sear books, but I'd stress again that these are still general references.[/QUOTE]
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