Ancient Greek Coins
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". . . Before the invention of coinage, the Greeks of the mainland had used a currency of iron and copper spits (obeloi), six of which made up a handful or drachma. According to one chronicler, the early seventh-century tyrant Pheidon of Argos abolished this currency, substituting for it one of silver; but the first coins in the area are those of Aegina and they seem to date from about 625 B.C. Aegina, situated in the Saronic gulf between Argos and Attica, was a prosperous trading community, and in the island of Siphnos it controlled a plentiful supply of gold and silver. It took as its badge the sea-turtle, which abounds in its off-shore waters . . . and, as its credit was good and the turtles had the obvious advantage that in Aeginetan territory they had a fixed value of two drachmas each, this coinage dominated Aegean trade during the seventh and sixth centuries . . ." — Coins, by John Porteous
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