EvilCartyenM to Ancient Coins@lemmy.world · 7 days agoMy smallest and my largest ancient Greek coins togetherimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down14
arrow-up1145arrow-down1imageMy smallest and my largest ancient Greek coins togetherEvilCartyenM to Ancient Coins@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-27 days agoYikes! Can you imagine having to cart a bunch of those across town to pay a large bill, like buying some cattle, or a horse? Edit: would those two coins be about equivalent in value?
minus-squareEvilCartyenOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-27 days agoNah, the little one is with much less. A hemitetartemorion is worth 1/8th of an obol, so the octobol is worth 64 times as much as the small silver coin 🙂
Yikes! Can you imagine having to cart a bunch of those across town to pay a large bill, like buying some cattle, or a horse?
Edit: would those two coins be about equivalent in value?
Nah, the little one is with much less. A hemitetartemorion is worth 1/8th of an obol, so the octobol is worth 64 times as much as the small silver coin 🙂