Samos: -250 To -250 Grain law followed by a list of contributors towards a grain-fund

region:
Ionia
City:
Samos
Place of Publication:
http://nomisma.org/id/samos
Place of Conception:
http://nomisma.org/id/samos
reference in full:
IG XII.6 172
reference:
IG XII.6
Reference Number:
172
Bibliographic URL:
https://zenon.dainst.org/Record/000193232
date:
c. 250 BCE
date cert:
CERTAIN
date from:
-250
date to:
-250
description:
Grain law followed by a list of contributors towards a grain-fund
phi url:
https://epigraphy.packhum.org/text/343934?bookid=874&location=1665
PHI ID:
343934
TM ID:
782230
Document Type:
Law
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References to monetary behaviour (14)

PLACE OF TRANSACTION AUTHORITY ACTIVITY PURPOSE/FOCUS CONTEXT/FIELD OF ACTION LINES Monetary Material Commodity Coin Denomination/Unit of Monetary Measurement NOTES
http://nomisma.org/id/samos City Regulation Grain Uncertain A ll. 1-93 Silver Argyrion (unspecified silver money) (ἀργύριον) Regulations on the officials elected to administer a grain-fund, and penalties for its misuse.
http://nomisma.org/id/samos City Regulation Penalty Uncertain ll. 6-8 Stater (ancestral) (στατὴρ πάτριος) Fine of an ancestral stater for those who do not attend the assembly.
http://nomisma.org/id/samos City Regulation Taxation Civic ll. 23-25 Grain Eikoste (εἰκοστή) Reference to the 1/20 tax imposed on the territory of the Anaia, paid in grain.
http://nomisma.org/id/samos City Regulation Price Sale ll. 26-27 Drachma (δραχμή) The price of Hera's grain set at 5 drachmas and 2 obols, probably per medimnos.
http://nomisma.org/id/samos City Regulation Price Sale ll. 26-27 Obol (ὀβολός) The price of Hera's grain set at 5 drachmas and 2 obols, probably per medimnos.
http://nomisma.org/id/samos City Regulation Grain Sale ll. 27-34 The official in charge of grain supply to buy grain from Anaia, and the grain-buyer to buy grain from the Anaia or anywhere else it may be profitable.
http://nomisma.org/id/samos City Regulation Public office Civic ll. 40-42 Talent (τάλαντον) Men elected to be in charge of the grain supply to have not less than 3 talents' worth of property, as a form of security.
http://nomisma.org/id/samos City Regulation Public office Civic ll. 45-47 Talent (τάλαντον) A grain-buyer to be appointed by the assembly not having less than 2 talents' worth of property, as a form of security.
http://nomisma.org/id/samos City Regulation Loan Uncertain ll. 11-15, 47-52, 64-67 Leftover interest earned from the loan may be lent out itself if guaranteed by the provision of securities.
http://nomisma.org/id/samos City Gift Grain Uncertain ll. 52-63 Grain Metron (μέτρον) Monthly free distribution of grain to citizens by tribe.
http://nomisma.org/id/samos City Regulation Penalty Uncertain ll. 71-78 Drachma (δραχμή) A fine of 10,000 drachmas for officials in charge of the grain fund who do not lend out the money at interest but keep it for themselves, or who having lent it out do not hand over the interest received to the men in charge of the grain supply.
http://nomisma.org/id/samos City Regulation Loan Uncertain ll. 81-85 The tribe allowed to pay the interest owing if the meledonos they elect does not do so, in order to receive the free grain distribution.
http://nomisma.org/id/samos City Regulation Penalty Uncertain ll. 85-93 Drachma (δραχμή) A fine of 10,000 drachmas imposed on any magistrate or individual who proposes to use the fund for any other purpose, and on any treasurer, official in charge of the fund, man in charge of the grain supply, or grain-buyer, who uses the fund for any other purpose than the free distribution of grain.
http://nomisma.org/id/samos Individual Spending (subscription) Grain Uncertain B ll. 1-93, C ll. 1-42 Drachma (δραχμή) Contributions by individuals towards the creation of a fund, with contributions from 50 to 1000 drachmas, amounting to 16,800 drachmas, but probably more in the full version.