Tetradrachm of Seleucus I, Seleucid, ca. 312–281 , Iran, Pasargadae, Seleucid, Silver, Diam. cm, Metalwork-Coins

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Tetradrachm of Seleucus I, Seleucid, ca. 312–281 , Iran, Pasargadae, Seleucid, Silver, Diam. cm, Metalwork-Coins-Inscribed, Money—as a means of exchange, a mode of payment, and a standard of value—was in use in the ancient Near East long before the invention of coinage in Lydia during the seventh century Early Mesopotamian texts record payments of silver weighed in shekels (about 8

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