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[6] For he coined for currency one hundred twenty gold bricks which had been dedicated by Croesus1 king of the Lydians weighing two talents each, and three hundred sixty golden goblets weighing two minae each, and golden statues of a lion and of a woman, weighing in all thirty talents of gold, so that the sum total of gold that was coined into money, referred to the standard of silver, is found to be four thousand talents, while of the silver offerings, those dedicated by Croesus and all the others, all three generals had spent more than six thousand talents' worth, and if to these were added the gold dedications, the sum surpassed ten thousand talents.

1 Cp. Hdt. 1.50 and Plut. De Pythiae Oraculis 401e. F. For a discussion of values see Boeckh, Staatshaushandlung der Athener, 1（3）. 10 (2nd edition translated by G. C. Lewis, The Political Economy of Athens, 10).

Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.

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