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κατὰ τάδε would most naturally refer to iii. 90 seq.; the rest of this chapter would then be a later addition on the part of H. But as the text stands κατὰ τάδε must refer to the two coin standards which are here explained, a heavier (Babylonian) for silver coinage, a lighter (Euboic) for gold; these were in the proportion of four to three. H., however, substitutes the slightly heavier Attic talent for the Euboic; there were 33,660 grammes in the Babylonian talent, 26,400 in the Attic, i.e. (roughly) 60 Babylonian minae = 78 Attic, the proportion given here.

<o)ktw\ kai\> e(bdomh/konta. Reizke's (Mommsen, Röm. Münz. pp. 23-4) conjecture to add ὀκτὼ καί is usually accepted; he confirms it by a second emendation in 95. 1 (q. v.). The MSS. here, however, have only ἑβδομήκοντα, and this reading is as old as Pollux (ix. 86).

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