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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herodotus, post: 7484418, member: 111387&quot;]The Arsinoe II coin is more commonly referred to as a &#039;Mnaieion&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>An ordinary soldier in third-century Ptolemaic Egypt was paid 1 drachm per day, thus 30 drachms per month. (The Egyptian month was exactly 30 days long.) The &#039;Mnaieion&#039; was equal to a soldier’s pay for 100 days.</p><p><br /></p><p>So (1) &#039;Mnaieion&#039; = (12.5) AR &#039;Octodrachms&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose referring to the AV coin as an &#039;Octodrachm&#039; seems like something a lazy Numismatist might have done.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I mean try saying &#039;Mnaieion&#039; 10x fast[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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