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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2729493, member: 19463&quot;]The reference that comes to mind (and this is from a memory not recently referenced) was that a citizen oarsman of the Athenian navy made three obols a day.&nbsp; If we call that minimum wage then 60 drachma would be four month&#039;s pay for them but artists in stone were not minimum wage employees.&nbsp; 15 Classical tetradrachms (4x15=60) would be less today than what you would have to pay some modern sculptor to cut you some 21st century decorations that would be nowhere near the quality of the originals here.&nbsp; If you figure out a way to travel back in time and earn some money, ask if you can be paid in dekadrachms. Six of them would be closer to a high end artist&#039;s 2017 wage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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