Ancient Greece
units of mass

Solonic (last half of 6th century bce to about 430 bce)

			talent
		stater	30
	hemistateron	2	60
drachme	105	210	6300
4.366 g	458.43 g	916.86 g	27.506 kg

Late classical (430 bce to 3rd century bce)

			talent
		stater	30
	mna	2	60
drachme	105	210	6600
4.366 g	480.26 g	960.52 g	28.816 kg

Hellenistic (3rd century bce to second half of the 2nd century bce)

			talent
		stater	30
	mna	2	60
drachme	138	276	8280
4.366 g	602.5 g	1.21 kg	36.150 kg

Late Hellenistic (second half 2nd century bce to 86 bce)

			talent
		stater	30
	mna	2	60
drachme	150	300	9000
4.366 g	655.9 g	1.31 kg	39.294 kg

Silver weights

Aeginetic
				talent
			mna	60
	stater or didrachmon		35	2100
	drachma	2	70	4200
obolos	6	24	600	36,000
1.05 g	6.30 g	12.47 g	630.00	26.196 kg

Corinthian
				talent
			mina	60
	stater		25	1500
	drachma	3	50	3000
obolos	6	18	900	54,000
485 mg	2.92 g	8.73 g	436.6 g	26.196 kg

Attic
					talent
				mina	60
		stater or tetradrachma		25	1500
	drachma		4	100	6000
diabole		3	12	300	18,000
obolos	2	6	24	600	36,000
728 mg	1.46 g	4.366 g	17.46 g	436.6	26.196 kg

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