FORGING LINKS BETwEEN REGIONS 89
80 For a detailed commentary, see Stroud 1974 : 157–88. For another view, see Giovannini
1975 : 185–95. See also Harris 2013 : 28–30.
81 Although the inscription is securely dated to 375/4 BCE, it is unclear why there was a need
for legislation at this time. Austin and Vidal-Naquet 1977 : 328–9 suggest that the law must
have been instigated at a time when Athens was facing an exceptional financial crisis that
could be exacerbated by a large influx of imitation coins.
82 Psoma 2012 with references to earlier analyses.
83 Rhodes and Osborne 2003 : 118.
84 Martin 1991 : 26–7; Stumpf 1986 : 23–40.