The Hellenistic Trade System and Monetary Economy (200–50 BCE)

200 BCE · Doğu Akdeniz · trade

In the Hellenistic period the silver Athenian drachma and the Seleucid tetradrachm became widespread currencies; banking (trapeza), credit and long-distance trade developed.

The island of Delos became the free-trade center of the Mediterranean.

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In the Hellenistic period the silver Athenian drachma and the Seleucid tetradrachm became widespread currencies; banking (trapeza), credit and long-distance trade developed.
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200 BCE
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