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<p>[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 4533841, member: 93416"]Looks that way - but I think they are actually a set of Athenian market weights. All hitting a rather low version of that one standard. The different symbols go with the denominations - in this case:</p><p><br /></p><p>shield = 1/4 stater, </p><p><br /></p><p>tortoise = 1/6th stater (elsewhere though tortoise is often used for the 1/4)</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish it was an Aegina weight! Nobody ever published any to my knowledge</p><p><br /></p><p>We know from the Solon text that 70 Aegina drachms = c. 437g thus c. 6.25g</p><p><br /></p><p>So an Aegina 'stater' of 2 drachms was 12.5g. But I have no sure knowledge of the Aegina Mina......</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 4533841, member: 93416"]Looks that way - but I think they are actually a set of Athenian market weights. All hitting a rather low version of that one standard. The different symbols go with the denominations - in this case: shield = 1/4 stater, tortoise = 1/6th stater (elsewhere though tortoise is often used for the 1/4) I wish it was an Aegina weight! Nobody ever published any to my knowledge We know from the Solon text that 70 Aegina drachms = c. 437g thus c. 6.25g So an Aegina 'stater' of 2 drachms was 12.5g. But I have no sure knowledge of the Aegina Mina...... Rob T[/QUOTE]
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