Skepsis: -311 To -310 Letter of Antigonos Monophthalmos to Skepsis on an oath of loyalty

Century Category:
4th century BCE
Region:
Troad
City:
Skepsis
Date:
311/310 BCE
Certainty of pre-1st century CE date:
CERTAIN
Document Type:
Official letter
Epigraphic Reference:
OGIS
PHI ID:
287868
Trismegistos ID:
47711
Place of Publication:
http://nomisma.org/id/scepsis
Place of Conception:
http://nomisma.org/id/assus
Epigraphic Reference in Full:
OGIS 5
Reference Number:
5
Bibliographic URL:
https://zenon.dainst.org/Record/000829662
Date From:
-311
Date To:
-310
Description:
Letter of Antigonos Monophthalmos to Skepsis on an oath of loyalty
PHI URL:
https://inscriptions.packhum.org/text/287868?bookid=718&location=1631

References to monetary behaviour (4)

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/assus Hellenistic monarch Spending Military campaign Imperial ll. 33-35 Reference to Antigonos' many expenses in the course of his wars.
http://nomisma.org/id/assus City Spending Military campaign Imperial ll. 42-45 Reference to the expenses borne by the cities by his army.
http://nomisma.org/id/assus Hellenistic monarch Regulation Taxation Imperial ll. 53-61 Antigonos claims to protect the freedom of the Greeks, which may have had fiscal implications for Skepsis.
http://nomisma.org/id/assus Hellenistic monarch Spending Embassy Uncertain ll. 69-72 Antigonos' envoy, Akios, who would administer the oath to the Skepsians.