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<p>[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 4533595, member: 93416"]I can only partly answer – but Athenians used two different standards - just like we did till recent times</p><p><br /></p><p>Attic was for coins (much as we use Troy for bullion)</p><p><br /></p><p>Athenian market for all else (like US customary which is English Imperial etc)</p><p><br /></p><p>That “stater” you picture is a weight for two Athenian Market minas</p><p>thus 2 x c. 455g = c. 910g</p><p><br /></p><p>The full Attic mina (100 coin drachms) was lighter - probably c. 437g</p><p><br /></p><p>So - the initial Athenian market mina was approx 105 Attic coin drachms in weight</p><p><br /></p><p>The specimen shown looks probably quite corroded to me – hence weighs very low.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the frog – sadly there is a load of rubbish on the web about weights. Troublingly so. The Babylonian shekel was c. 500g/60 = 8.33g.</p><p><br /></p><p>So it comes out near a rather unlikely 22 shekels. Might be a poor shot at 20 shekels? I wonder if it has a good provenance?</p><p><br /></p><p>The Pondera site is getting quite big – my search just now pulled up 367 Athenian weights</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://pondera.uclouvain.be/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://pondera.uclouvain.be/" rel="nofollow">https://pondera.uclouvain.be/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 4533595, member: 93416"]I can only partly answer – but Athenians used two different standards - just like we did till recent times Attic was for coins (much as we use Troy for bullion) Athenian market for all else (like US customary which is English Imperial etc) That “stater” you picture is a weight for two Athenian Market minas thus 2 x c. 455g = c. 910g The full Attic mina (100 coin drachms) was lighter - probably c. 437g So - the initial Athenian market mina was approx 105 Attic coin drachms in weight The specimen shown looks probably quite corroded to me – hence weighs very low. Regarding the frog – sadly there is a load of rubbish on the web about weights. Troublingly so. The Babylonian shekel was c. 500g/60 = 8.33g. So it comes out near a rather unlikely 22 shekels. Might be a poor shot at 20 shekels? I wonder if it has a good provenance? The Pondera site is getting quite big – my search just now pulled up 367 Athenian weights [URL]https://pondera.uclouvain.be/[/URL] Rob T[/QUOTE]
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