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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2151951, member: 42773&quot;]My guess is that the bronze coinage took care of the small change issue. It&#039;s hard to image how some of the tiniest fractional silver was handled in ancient Greek commerce - it must have been a pain in the ass to count up a handful of tetartemoria without losing a few. The Ptolemies probably discovered that it was easier to handle larger bronze coins than tinier silver ones.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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