EvilCartyen@feddit.dkM to Ancient Coins@lemmy.world · 9 days agoMy smallest and my largest ancient Greek coins togetherfeddit.dkexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down14
arrow-up1138arrow-down1external-linkMy smallest and my largest ancient Greek coins togetherfeddit.dkEvilCartyen@feddit.dkM to Ancient Coins@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-28 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-squareEvilCartyen@feddit.dkOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-28 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 🙂