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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iamtiberius, post: 1584761, member: 37707&quot;]Doug provided a really good background to these answers. You have denominations like stater, nomos, and didrachm which all hover around 7 grams; nomos typically being heavier and didrachms being lighter. Although, I have scene Nomos weigh in at 6 grams and didrachms weighing in at 8 grams. It all depends on what century, empire, ruler, metal, and economy you fall under. Just like America&#039;s problem today; City states used to wage economic war on each other by artificially inflating their silver and gold values. Much like China has done to us lately. </p><p><br /></p><p>I will list some strange examples concerning Tetradrachm weights</p><p><br /></p><p>Most Tets weigh in around 16-17 grams. Like the popular Alexander The Great Tet</p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH]219887.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;Yet, the Cistophoric Tetradrachm sits around 11-12 grams. </p><p>[ATTACH]219881.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>When you are ready, you will find yourself reading into odd denominations. i.e. - The Ptolemaic Kingdom Octadrachm. This coin&#039;s typical weight is around 27-28 grams. Oddly, leaving you with a 13.5-14 gram Tetradrachm weight. Of course you must take into account the worth of Gold compared to Silver. Which at this point with egyptian metal conversion tables still doesn&#039;t add up quite right w/ the surrounding concurrent kingdoms. </p><p>[ATTACH]219882.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Then you get into very strange commemorative type coins like the &quot;In the name of berenice II.&quot; Under Ptolemy III Pentekaidecadrachm... or 15 drachms. (strange weight of 52.5 grams)&nbsp; If you divide 52.5 by 15 you come to a drachm weight of 3.5. Which multiplied by 4 would give you your Tet weight at 14 grams. </p><p>[ATTACH]219883.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In short and to add to Doug&#039;s disposition, translating denominations amongst Greek coinage in itself should be a University Major. Which in turn backs a previous statement I believe I have read on this forum before. If you are hitting ancients hard; you need to spend at least 10-20% of your Ancient Coin budget on literature. $100-200 encyclopedias will pay for themselves within months. </p><p><br /></p><p>*note: None of these coins belong to me. Although I wish they did. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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