Χαλκίοισι

"We use wretched [bronzes], struck only the other day in the worst of stamps." They used to speak of 'bronzes' like 'golds' in form, bronze-fashioned. Bad currency is being referred to thus, the gold [sort]. Also being mentioned is the bronze [issue]; for in the archonship of Kallinos¹ a bronze currency was struck. He is saying that the polis has experienced the same in regard to its good men and to its traditional currency: for just as we do not use the ancient currency, a fine one, but a novel one, a bad one, so too we do not use the men of old, fine ones, but we combine to use the present soldiers, bad ones.