Mytilene: -440 To -410 Treaty between Mytilene and Phokaia on the joint minting of electrum coinage

Century Category:
5th century BCE
Region:
Aiolis
City:
Mytilene
Date:
440-410 BCE
Certainty of pre-1st century CE date:
CERTAIN
Document Type:
Treaty
Epigraphic Reference:
IG XII.2
PHI ID:
149460
Trismegistos ID:
772860
Place of Publication:
http://nomisma.org/id/mytilene
Place of Conception:
http://nomisma.org/id/colophon
Epigraphic Reference in Full:
IG XII.2 1 = SEG 34.849 = OR 195
Reference Number:
1
Bibliographic URL:
https://zenon.dainst.org/Record/000193232
Reference 2:
SEG 34
Reference Number 2:
849
Reference 3:
OR
Reference Number 3:
195
Date From:
-440
Date To:
-410
Description:
Treaty between Mytilene and Phokaia on the joint minting of electrum coinage
PHI URL:
https://epigraphy.packhum.org/text/149460?&bookid=19&location=1554

References to monetary behaviour (2)

Place of Transaction Authority Transaction Type Purpose/Focus Context/Field of Action Commodity Monetary Material Coin Denomination/Unit of Monetary Measurement Lines Notes
http://nomisma.org/id/colophon City Regulation Monetary currency Uncertain Electrum Chrysion (unspecified gold money) (χρυσίον) Agreement on the minting of electrum coinage.
http://nomisma.org/id/colophon City Regulation Penalty Uncertain ll. 4-17 Penalty of death for anyone who wilfully dilutes the gold content of the coin, and of an amount of money, to be decided by the court, if the dilution happens unintentionally.