GREEK AND ROMAN MONET, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES. 



Pes, or Foot. R ... .. 

 Pollex, or Thumb. E .. 



Quadrans. E 



Quadrans. R [weight] ., 



Quadrantal. E 



Quartarius, E 



Quinarius. B ■ 



Scripulum, or Scruple. B 



Semisextarius. B 



Sestertius. R 



Sestertium. E 



Sextarius. E 



Spithama, or Span. G . 



Stadium. G and E . . . . 



Teruncius. E 



Ulna, or Ell. E ... . 

 Uncia, or Inch. R ... . 

 Uncia, or Ounce. E... . 



Urna. E 



Victoriatus. E 



...12 Uncia?, 11.6496 inches. 



...See "Uncia" [lineal measure]. 



. . . -53, 1 25 farthing. Copper. 



...3 Uncise, 2f ounces 97.21 grs. 



...See "Amphora." 



...! of a Sextarius, .2477 pint. 



...\ of a Denarius. 



...-2V of an Uncia, 18.06 grains. 



...\ of a Sextarius. 



. . ,\ of a Denarius. Brass or Silver. 



...1000 Sestertii, £7 16s 3d. 



.. i of a Congius, .9911 pint. 



...9.1008 inches. 



.. i of a Eoman mile, 606 feet 9 in. 



... See "Quadrans" [weight & money]. 



...6 feet, 81 inch. 



... T Vof a Pes, .9708 inch. 



...-^ of a Libra. 433.666 grs. 



\ of an Amphora. 



See " Quinarius." 



The Schcenus, an Egyptian and Persian lineal measure, varied 

 considerably ; being sometimes thirty, and sometimes forty Stadia. 

 See B. v. c. 11, B. vi. c. 30, and B. xii. c. 30. 



The Attic Talent, as a weight, was equal to 56fb. 15ioz. 

 100.32 grains. The Commercial Talent was 85ft». 2|oz. 70.7 grs. 

 The Silver Attic, or Great Talent, was in value £343 15s. or, 

 according to Pollux, £406 5s. The Gold, or Sicilian Talent, was 

 equal in weight to six Attic Drachma^ or about f oz. and 71 grs. 

 The Egyptian Talent, as a measure of weight, was equal to 

 about twice the Attic Talent. 



