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The staters were rather more than 25 per cent. heavier than darics, and therefore worth about <02> 1 8s. each. Plutarch, however (de Sera Num. Vind. 12, p. 556), makes Croesus propose to give a larger sum—‘four minae’ = about <02> 16.

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