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Later lives say Diogenes or his father defaced Sinope's coinage, a civic-trust story not a recovered mint file

Diogenes of Sinope’s documented role is: Diogenes Laertius reports recutting of currency. In the causal graph this event strengthens Institutional Corruption, a driver that strengthens Political corruption index — a worsening welfare path.

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Coin-defacement is the received origin-sin of the vita. Diogenes of Sinope’s documented role is: Diogenes Laertius reports recutting of currency. Low confidence. Not a unique embezzlement series. Low confidence. Later editors, printers, and excavators remain named where they appear. Low confidence. Not a unique embezzlement series.

Context

Sinope on the Black Sea. Hicesias as father in some reports. Named others on the file: Hicesias as received father; Sinope mint as later named. The public setting is the file around -0360-01-01. The instrument stays Later lives say Diogenes or his father defaced Sinope's coinage, a civic-trust story not a recovered mint file. The setting of Later lives say Diogenes or his father defaced Sinope's coinage, a civic-trust story not a recovered mint file is the public file around -0360-01-01. Driver institutional-corruption is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Why it matters

Civic trust. Welfare reading worsening. Lag to any modern indicator is not treated as zero. This path is attached because the mechanism is named from this act, not because a driver list needed coverage. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Diogenes of Sinope

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.36 · verified

    Diogenes Laertius reports recutting of currency. Low confidence. Not a unique embezzlement series.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactLater lives say Diogenes or his father defaced Sinope's coinage, a civic-trust story not a recovered mint file
    2. strengthensDriverInstitutional Corruption
    3. strengthensIndicators (3)Political corruption index
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.3 · Effect from 1 January 360 · verified

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Diogenes of SinopeInternet Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — DiogenesEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Britannica and SEP independently report the currency story as tradition. Official: Britannica — Diogenes (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diogenes-Greek-philosopher (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Diogenes of Sinope (https://iep.utm.edu/diogenes-of-sinope/ (opens in a new tab); Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). The two URLs are different pages. Where the carrier is a later edition or a received narrative, that limit is stated rather than upgraded to an autograph. Official carrier: Britannica — Diogenes (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diogenes-Greek-philosopher (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Diogenes of Sinope (https://iep.utm.edu/diogenes-of-sinope/ (opens in a new tab); Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

Late vita, not a mint archive. Established: a sourced public record of Later lives say Diogenes or his father defaced Sinope's coinage, a civic-trust story not a recovered mint file under -0360-01-01.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Low confidence. Mixed effects of Later lives say Diogenes or his father defaced Sinope's coinage, a civic-trust story not a recovered mint file are separate paths.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Shared responsibility is part of Later lives say Diogenes or his father defaced Sinope's coinage, a civic-trust story not a recovered mint file. Naming Diogenes of Sinope does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from -0360-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorDiogenes of Sinope
  2. contributed toFactLater lives say Diogenes or his father defaced Sinope's coinage, a civic-trust story not a recovered mint file
  3. strengthensDriverInstitutional Corruption
  4. strengthensIndicatorPolitical corruption index

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Factrail. (2026). Later lives say Diogenes or his father defaced Sinope's coinage, a civic-trust story not a recovered mint file. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/dio-sinope-coins

https://factrail.ai/facts/dio-sinope-coins

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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