The TRIAKONTOROS was before the invention of the TRIREME one of the standard warships of the Greeks.
It was a 30 oared warship with a distance of about one metre between the rowers, she did have a length of over 30 metres. The beam was around the 4 metre.
Some were decked, some not. One mast which carried a square sail.
Mostly used as troop transport the rowers were the warriors.
Greece 2011 0.60 Euro sg?, scott?
Guinea-Bissau 1988 300p sg1056, scott731
Georgia 2007 70 gel sg?, scott?
Various web-sites
TRIAKONTOROS 15th - 4th cent. B.C.
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