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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 7135177" data-attributes="member: 92305">SILVER COINS OF THE MEADOW CITIESShem is not a kingdom in the traditional sense.  It is a collection of cities states in the west, and a rolling, rocky desert in the west dominated by nomads and criss-crossed with caravan routes.  The cities of the west are collectively known as the Meadow Cities, which is a reference to terrain in that part of Shem where more water and vegetation dot the land.The assuri mercenaries are from this part of Shem, and each city state seemingly has its own dedicated god from the Shemitish pantheon.As a whole, Shem does not mint its own coins.  But, in order to support trade (which is extremely important to the economy in Shem), a silver coin of a specific weight (and almost all are of the same thickness and shape) is minted in low quantities by several of the larger city states in the Meadow Lands.This coin, no matter where it is minted, is referred to as a drachma.  Shemite drachma.The coins typically depict the god of the city state where it was minted.<img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b7/83/db/b783db4c93146bf633f2bde252f4bea2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></blockquote>