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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EWC3, post: 4486596, member: 93416&quot;]Quite possibly - but clearly there are other things going&nbsp; on too.&nbsp; Khusru II held a territory the same size - except that&nbsp; - he also actually took control of Egypt.&nbsp; Yet he managed it all on 4.13g silver &#039;drachms&#039;.&nbsp; (Or, in Egypt itself - far worse....)</p><p><br /></p><p>Still, I fear people will tend to believe what they want to believe, and just discount facts that do not fit.&nbsp; Sadly that has rather consistently been my observation.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way - have you looked into Seleucid weight standards much?&nbsp; I have an idea they were using a pound of 128 &#039;sub-Attic&#039; drachms thus&nbsp; c. 540g</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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