Note 331 — Chapter II · Athens
Reading edition
Hdt. VI. 39; cp. above, p. 52. For numismatic evidence of Hippias’ ties with both Lampsacus and the Thracian Chersonese see Head, Hist. Num.2 p. 377, Lermann, Athenatypen, pp. 17–21, coins of (a) Chersonese, obv. Athena head, rev. Milesian lion (for Milesian colonies in Chersonese see Strabo, XIV. 635; VII. 331, frag. 52); (b) Lampsacus, obv. Athena head, rev. type of Lampsacus. This alliance currency points to a broad and far-reaching commercial policy.