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

Date: 359

## The fact

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. Do not print a unique mint coefficient. Later editors, printers, and excavators remain named where they appear. Diogenes of Sinope's documented role is: Diogenes Laertius reports recutting of currency. 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. Unnamed clerks, soldiers, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. 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. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [institutional-corruption](/drivers/institutional-corruption) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

## Evidence and sources

Britannica and SEP independently report the currency story as tradition. Official: Britannica — Diogenes (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diogenes-Greek-philosopher; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Diogenes of Sinope (https://iep.utm.edu/diogenes-of-sinope/; 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; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Diogenes of Sinope (https://iep.utm.edu/diogenes-of-sinope/; Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

Official or archival record: Britannica — Diogenes (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diogenes-Greek-philosopher; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

Civic trust. Welfare reading worsening. The attached mechanism is A received coin-defacement story is an institutional-trust path of low confidence. 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.

## What is established and what is not

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. 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. Do not print a unique mint coefficient. 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.

The attached driver is institutional-corruption. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. 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.

## People

- Diogenes of Sinope: https://factrail.ai/people/diogenes-of-sinope

## Drivers

- Institutional Corruption: https://factrail.ai/drivers/institutional-corruption

## Sources

- https://iep.utm.edu/diogenes-of-sinope/
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diogenes-Greek-philosopher

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

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