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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 3537221, member: 86498&quot;]I am not certain that tetradrachm was ever issued as a plated coin. The main reference we have for this issue comes in the play &quot;The Parliament of Women&quot; In this play an individual bemoans ever voting for this issue as he had just sold something got paid in these coins only to hear that they were now worthless as the state was now issuing good silver again. The trouble is, he was carrying these coins in his mouth which suggest small denomination coins. However, the main problem is the nature of the Athenian economy. According to Peter Green &quot;Armada from Athens&quot; the city was a net importer of wheat and barley needed to feed its population , and it was certainly buying wood for its fleet from well outside of Attica. The presence of so many Athenian dekadrachms in southern Turkey suggests that this area was one region where wood was coming from to build the Athenian fleet.</p><p>&nbsp; It should also be noted that the Athenian owl enjoyed far ranging acceptance throughout the Mediterranean basin. It was even copied in Egypt and Mesopotamia as late as the reign of Alexander III. I would assume that a mass of plated coins would have destroyed this trust. It is for these reasons I doubt that the larger denomination coins would be plated. Smaller ones yes but not the tetradrachm.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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