Note 415 — Chapter XII · The Greek System.
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Numismatic Chron. VII. 185. That the Cyzicene staters were at some time and at some places (Cyzicus itself?) less in value than a Daric is made possible from the new-found Mimiambi of Herondas (VII. 96 seqq.); where 4 Darics seem worth more than 5 staters:
ταύτηι δὲ δώσεισ κε[ῖ]νο τὸ ἕτερον ζεῦγοσ κόσου; πάλιν πρήμηνον ἀξίαν φωνὴν σεω<υ>τοῦ. Κ. στατήρασ πέντε ναὶ μὰ θεοὺσ φο[ι]τᾶι ἡ ψάλτρι’ <Εὐ>έτηρισ ἡμέρην πᾶσαν λαβεῖν ἀνώγουσ’· ἀλλ’ ἐγώ μιν [ἐχθα]ίρω κἢν τέσσαράσ μοι δαρεικοὺσ ὑπόσχηται ὁτεύνεκέν μευ τὴν γυναῖκα τωθάζει κακοῖσι δέ[ν]νοισ. ει ... χρείη.