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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nathan B., post: 4553807, member: 112852&quot;]Thank you again, Doug. That is a fascinating point about tetradrachms from Syracuse.&nbsp; I also appreciate your point about our lack of knowledge about this period.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not quite sure where the grammar correction point comes in (I don&#039;t believe I&#039;ve done anything like that), but I have been genuinely trying to understand what a stater is.</p><p><br /></p><p>In Klawans, he has a very lovely section about the obols and drachms and so on, but doesn&#039;t bring stater into it, except when he briefly mentions gold.&nbsp; Klawans was the first book I read on ancient coins, largely because it was extremely affordable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Late last night, I finished reading my second book on ancient coins: <i>Collecting Ancient Greek Coins: a Guided Tour Featuring 25 Significant Types</i>, by Paul Rynearson.&nbsp; (Other beginners: despite a few faults, this is a great book and an absolutely wonderful resource!)&nbsp; He has a section regarding obols and drachms and so on, and again, stater doesn&#039;t fit into it, but I noticed that he routinely used the word stater throughout the book.&nbsp; I had been trying to figure out how a stater related to a drachm.&nbsp; Eventually, I found in his glossary that the word stater is a general word that numismatists use when they don&#039;t know what else to call a standard coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, thank you again for your help and comments; I&#039;m grateful to be able to ask questions and receive your (and others&#039;) answers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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