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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2006116, member: 19463&quot;]While you mention several standards that were in effect, there were others and changes.&nbsp; &#039;Stater&#039; in particular meant little more than &#039;standard unit coin&#039; as later the Romans did with &#039;Follis&#039;.&nbsp; They may have been careful to abide by their standards but that does not mean that they used the same set as the next town over or ten years earlier.&nbsp; Consider also how many times the US has changed standards since 1793 (221 years) and we can&#039;t be too hard on various Greek cities for changing things between 600BC and 200 BC when the Romans took over.&nbsp;&nbsp; Remember &#039;Greece&#039; was not a single country until long after the end of antiquity and each city-state did things their way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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