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ing (9), therefore, thefe rauft have been ftruck after 
that timei and if any nowremain, that were ftruck dur- 
ing that war, they muft be thofe v/ith monograms. 
The Attic money is not fo equally fized as the 
Philippic filver. Mr. Duane hath a Tetradrachm with 
the letter K on the oil bottle, and AI under it, infcribed 
MENTXIP MOSXIXIN, which weighs 271 1 grains, 
and another with the fame letters on and under the 
oil bottle, infcribed KAEOOANHS EniOETHS, in- 
as perfect prefervation, which weighs but 265 grains. 
An Attic Tetradrachm in the BritiHi Mufeum, 
which appears to be but little worn, and not other- 
wife diminilhed, weighs but 247I grains.. We can 
hardly fuppofe, that this was ftruck to the fame 
ftandard as Eifenfchmid’s ancient Tetradrachm of 
above 273 grains. That in the Pembroke colledUon, 
of 207 grains, hath probably been filed on the edge. 
There are, however, a. confiderable number of 
Atiic Tetradrachms, that anfwer in weight to thofe of' 
Philip and Alexander, as nearly as can be expected, 
from coins fo unequally fized. Mr. Stuart brought 
a very ancient one from Greece, weighing 265! 
grains; Mr. Duane hath one of the like age, which 
weighs 2651 ; they are both well preferved, and can 
have loft very little of their original weight: one, with 
a monogram and fymbol, of 2665 grains; another,,, 
infcribed -)-ANI of the fame weight, two of 265 
grains, and one of 265I. Thefe anfwer fo^ nearly 
(9) See Montfaucon’s Palaeographia Grasca, p. 1 35. and the Mar- 
mor Athenienfe, lately publifhed by Mr. Chambeif. The Scho- 
liaft on ver. 688 of Euripides’s PhcEnilBe dates the introdu cation 
, long vowels into Athens, in the Archonfhip of Euclides. 
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