settlement

植民 ／ colonisation　—　People & places

Moving to another land and making a living from it.

Incuse stater of Metapontum6th century BC Pegasos Stater of CorinthCirca 400–375 BC Drachm of Artemis and the lionc. 375–200 BC

The question of what currency to use in a new settlement becomes a tug-of-war between the mother country retaining control and the local population devising its own solutions.