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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7769128, member: 19463"]Of course. There is an unfortunate tendency for coin people to force Athenian terms on everyone. This is a litra.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1332209[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish I had the set in Akragas but moving to the more common Syracuse:</p><p>This is 6/12 of a litra.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1332211[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is 2/12 litra.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1332212[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And the controversial one: This is a 20 litra (not a tetradrachm). They made 50 litra biggies but you will always find them Attified into 'dekadrachm'. This is a little like me quoting prices in US dollars using numbers of Euro or Pounds.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1332213[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7769128, member: 19463"]Of course. There is an unfortunate tendency for coin people to force Athenian terms on everyone. This is a litra. [ATTACH=full]1332209[/ATTACH] I wish I had the set in Akragas but moving to the more common Syracuse: This is 6/12 of a litra. [ATTACH=full]1332211[/ATTACH] This is 2/12 litra. [ATTACH=full]1332212[/ATTACH] And the controversial one: This is a 20 litra (not a tetradrachm). They made 50 litra biggies but you will always find them Attified into 'dekadrachm'. This is a little like me quoting prices in US dollars using numbers of Euro or Pounds. [ATTACH=full]1332213[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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