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1804Talents  

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  • A talent is a copper ingot in the shape of an ox-hide, in use as a medium of exchange before the invention of coinage. Later on, it was used as a unit of weight; an Attic talent, e.g. was the equivalent of 60 minas or 6,000 drachms and its weight was 26.196 kg.

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  • Κρεμύδη 2009
  • Παπαευθυμίου 2010

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  • Katsiadakis Helen (AA)

Creator

  • Iakovidou Athena (AA)

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  • 1804

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