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Os Antiquities.
§ m'tssis.
Tremrssis.
SCrupulnm.
MUiarisiHtn»
Ceratium.
Imperials weigh about two drams, double the weight
of a denarius ,and Worth 17. s.6 d. os ©ur money. The
Consulars are two or three (hillings better. The later
pieces which began in Alexander S events his time,wer e
reduced to half an aureus, and then to a third, and
therefore called Semissis aurei> and Trewissis aurei or
triens: the Semissis weighing a dram>worth eight nul-
lings nine pence: the Tremissis fire (hillings ten pence.
Whereupon the old Imperials, and Consulars, were
called Solidi. There was also a Scruple of Gold worth
about two (hillings three pence.
After the Empire was transsatedto Constantinople,
other Coyns with other names were minted, as;
Miliarisiunty weighing two drams, and worth j. s.
3. d-
Ceration, or Siliqua3 of the weight os a dram,worth*
7. ob.
follis. Follit, a brass Coyne, so called because it was thin
like a leaf, worth near upon a half penny.
Roman sums. The Roman (urns were
sestermm, SestertiumyIt comprehended one thousand sestertieSy
that is seven pound (ixteen (hillings threepence. And
here I will give a note, concerning the Ptoman fastiion
of accounting by sefterties. For decern seftertii, are ten
sesterties : decern sejlertium3zre ten thousand sefterties;
deciesseftertium are 1000000 sefterties.
librafruVondo, Libra or Tondo, contained 12 ounces of(il ver,that is
$6 denarii of the firft Emperours, and was worth of
sterlin money three pounds.
talentm. Talentum, 24 sestertiay that is 2^000 seftertiiyOr 6ooo
©f the aforesaid denarii: the same with the Attique and
therefore worth 187.I.10.S. For the Romans borrow-
ed their Talents, Mina's, and drams of the Grecians;
and these, their pound and ounce of the Romans, as
Galen confessethv
Vprtnla, Sfortula was a small sum of money containing 10©
quadrantesy or 10 seftertii ; which great men gave to
each os their followers and servants in lieu of a plenti-
ful
Os Antiquities.
§ m'tssis.
Tremrssis.
SCrupulnm.
MUiarisiHtn»
Ceratium.
Imperials weigh about two drams, double the weight
of a denarius ,and Worth 17. s.6 d. os ©ur money. The
Consulars are two or three (hillings better. The later
pieces which began in Alexander S events his time,wer e
reduced to half an aureus, and then to a third, and
therefore called Semissis aurei> and Trewissis aurei or
triens: the Semissis weighing a dram>worth eight nul-
lings nine pence: the Tremissis fire (hillings ten pence.
Whereupon the old Imperials, and Consulars, were
called Solidi. There was also a Scruple of Gold worth
about two (hillings three pence.
After the Empire was transsatedto Constantinople,
other Coyns with other names were minted, as;
Miliarisiunty weighing two drams, and worth j. s.
3. d-
Ceration, or Siliqua3 of the weight os a dram,worth*
7. ob.
follis. Follit, a brass Coyne, so called because it was thin
like a leaf, worth near upon a half penny.
Roman sums. The Roman (urns were
sestermm, SestertiumyIt comprehended one thousand sestertieSy
that is seven pound (ixteen (hillings threepence. And
here I will give a note, concerning the Ptoman fastiion
of accounting by sefterties. For decern seftertii, are ten
sesterties : decern sejlertium3zre ten thousand sefterties;
deciesseftertium are 1000000 sefterties.
librafruVondo, Libra or Tondo, contained 12 ounces of(il ver,that is
$6 denarii of the firft Emperours, and was worth of
sterlin money three pounds.
talentm. Talentum, 24 sestertiay that is 2^000 seftertiiyOr 6ooo
©f the aforesaid denarii: the same with the Attique and
therefore worth 187.I.10.S. For the Romans borrow-
ed their Talents, Mina's, and drams of the Grecians;
and these, their pound and ounce of the Romans, as
Galen confessethv
Vprtnla, Sfortula was a small sum of money containing 10©
quadrantesy or 10 seftertii ; which great men gave to
each os their followers and servants in lieu of a plenti-
ful