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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 4100632, member: 98035"]Excellent and iconic pick-up!</p><p><br /></p><p>I got mine a little less than a year ago - the "Croesid" or double sigloi weights are still quite expensive, but I've noticed that the sigloi have gone down a bit - perhaps a small hoard found recently?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1066157[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Also something I have not seen fully illustrated/explained is how to attribute a given type to Croesus himself or Darius - Frankly, I'm not sure which would be more cool!</p><p><br /></p><p>As [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] posted, it is possible that the earliest few Indian coins predate these types, although the fact that the Shatamana is equal in weight to the Croesid/shekel does beg the question of which actually came first...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1066159[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1066160[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Equally amusing is the fact that coinage was invented in three places:</p><p>- In Greece, gold coinage was invented first, silver second, and bronze last</p><p>- In India, silver coinage was invented first, bronze second, and gold last</p><p>- In China, bronze coinage was invented first, silver second, and gold didn't really take hold until the 1900s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 4100632, member: 98035"]Excellent and iconic pick-up! I got mine a little less than a year ago - the "Croesid" or double sigloi weights are still quite expensive, but I've noticed that the sigloi have gone down a bit - perhaps a small hoard found recently? [ATTACH=full]1066157[/ATTACH] Also something I have not seen fully illustrated/explained is how to attribute a given type to Croesus himself or Darius - Frankly, I'm not sure which would be more cool! As [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] posted, it is possible that the earliest few Indian coins predate these types, although the fact that the Shatamana is equal in weight to the Croesid/shekel does beg the question of which actually came first... [ATTACH=full]1066159[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1066160[/ATTACH] Equally amusing is the fact that coinage was invented in three places: - In Greece, gold coinage was invented first, silver second, and bronze last - In India, silver coinage was invented first, bronze second, and gold last - In China, bronze coinage was invented first, silver second, and gold didn't really take hold until the 1900s.[/QUOTE]
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