Introduction Of Weights And Measures Into Greece Antique Picture 1914

A print from a disbound book published 1914, with an unrelated picture or text on the reverse side.

Suitable for framing, the page size including text and border is approx 10.5" x 8" or 27cm x 20cm.

Image size approx 8.5 inches x 6 inches

This is an antique print not a modern copy and shows normal signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print. Please view any scans as they form part of the description.

The date given of 1914 is the printing date, the actual date of creation can be earlier.

All prints will be sent bagged and in a board backed envelope for protection in transit.

While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item.

Text description beneath the picture (subject to any spelling errors due to the OCR program used)

INTRODUCTION OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES INTO GREECE
During the "tyranny" of Pheidon in Argos the Argives sent out many colonies, and established a connection with Asia which induced Pheidon to introduce coined money into Greece, and also an Asiatic system of weights and measures

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