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<p>[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 5166533, member: 96635"]Nice coin! The denominations are purely based on the weight. The coins were struck on the Thraco-Macedonian standard.</p><p>Size is an indicator but does not determine the denomination. I saw an Alexander drachm minted by a hemidrachm die. The size was the same as an hemidrachm, but double the thickness of the silver, since it is a drachm. This was extremely rarely done but does show it is purely the weight that determines the denomination. For Greek bronze coins the story is different, scholars argue that sometimes the the size determined the denomination, not the weight!</p><p><br /></p><p>Somehow the people were in able to distinguish between denominations of the same type. For larger denominations like drachm, tetrobol, diobol, it is a big difference and easier to distinguish. What about an tetartemorion, a hemiobol and an obol, would be a lot harder in my opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 5166533, member: 96635"]Nice coin! The denominations are purely based on the weight. The coins were struck on the Thraco-Macedonian standard. Size is an indicator but does not determine the denomination. I saw an Alexander drachm minted by a hemidrachm die. The size was the same as an hemidrachm, but double the thickness of the silver, since it is a drachm. This was extremely rarely done but does show it is purely the weight that determines the denomination. For Greek bronze coins the story is different, scholars argue that sometimes the the size determined the denomination, not the weight! Somehow the people were in able to distinguish between denominations of the same type. For larger denominations like drachm, tetrobol, diobol, it is a big difference and easier to distinguish. What about an tetartemorion, a hemiobol and an obol, would be a lot harder in my opinion.[/QUOTE]
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