In  Macedon  and  among  the  tribes  of  the  Thracian  Pangaeum
coining  was  in  use  as  early  as  B.C.  500.  The  invention  reached
the  Greek  cities  of  Italy  and  Sicily,  wdiich  were  at  this  time
at  least  as  forward  as  the  cities  of  Greece  proper  in  all  appli-
ances of  civilisation,  apparently  during  the  latter  half  of  the
sixth  century.  Rome  is  not  supposed  to  have  issued  money
before  the  time  of  the  Decemvirs.     In  all  parts  the  early  coins

'  Some  writers  now  deny  any  connection  between  the  Daric  an  J  Durius.
