 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - Asia - 1889 - 1102 pages
...probable that they were struck to the standard " called by metrologists the Persian, the standard on which coins were struck in all parts of the Persian Empire, notably the aigli stamped with the figure of the Persian king, which must have freely circulated in the northern... | |
 | William Ridgeway - Business & Economics - 1892 - 470 pages
...Persian, on which [silver] coins were struck in 1 Catalogue of Greek Kingi of llactria, p. Ixix. l«r all parts of the Persian empire, notably the Sigli...have freely circulated in the northern parts of India that paid tribute to the king. Whether the reason given for the use of this standard is right or not,... | |
 | William Ridgeway - 1892 - 440 pages
...metrologists the Persian, on which [silver] coins were struck in ue of Greek Kings of llactria, p. liix. all parts of the Persian empire, notably the Sigli...have freely circulated in the northern parts of India that paid tribute to the king. Whether the reason given for the use of this standard is right or not,... | |
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Attic standard weigh 132 grains and the drachm 66 grains, and it is also admitted that from the time of Eucratides the Greek kings of Bactria adopted a native standard. This new standard seems to be identical with that called by metrologists the Persian,... 