the first coins circulated in india at gandhara.
the first coins circulated in india at gandhara.
where did the first coins circulated in india?
gandhara
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the greek world was divided into more than two thousand self-governing city-states (in greek, "poleis"), and more than half of them issued their own coins. some coins circulated widely beyond their "polis", indicating that they were being used in inter-city trade; the first example appears to have been the silver stater or "didrachm" of aegina that regularly turns up in hoards in egypt and the levant, places which were deficient in silver supply. as such coins circulated more widely, other cities began to mint coins to this "aeginetan" weight standard of (6.1 grams to the drachm), other cities included their own symbols on the coins.
ancient greek coinage