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Coinage in the Black Sea
Author(s) : Kovalenko Sergei (11/29/2007)
For citation: Kovalenko Sergei, "Coinage in the Black Sea", 2007,Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Black SeaURL: <http://www.ehw.gr/l.aspx?id=10790>
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chora, the The agricultural land (including villages and land-plots) belonging to a polis. It was bounded with the polis on an administrative and economic basis.
drachma 1. Ancient greek coin. 2. Ancient unit of weight equal to 1/400 of the "oka" (3,89 grams or the 1/8 of the ounce).
stater, the The term "stater" was used in various areas of the ancient Greek world to define either a standard weight unit or the most important coin in precious metal (gold, silver, electrum) of a numismatic system. The dead weight and accordingly the value of a stater differed from one area to another and it was based on the weight standard effective in the various cities. Therefore, it was necessary each standard to be defined by the authority that issued it (e.g. Aeginetan, Attic, Boeotian, Corinthian).
1. Coinage of the Greek cities of the Western Black Sea Littoral
1.1 Mints and chronological patterns of their activity
1.2 Weight standards and metals
1.3 Coin typology
2. Coinage of the Northern Black Sea Littoral
2.1 Main patterns of development
2.2 Main patterns of influence
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