GREEK AND EOMAN MONEY, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES 

 MENTIONED BY PLINY. 



Acetabulum. E 



Actus. R 



Amphora. E 



As, E 



As. E [weight] 



Concha, Smaller, G and E 

 Concha, Larger, G and E 



Congius. E 



Cubitus. G 



Cubitus. E 



Culeus. E 



Cyathus. G and E 



Denarius. E 



Denarius. E. [weight] . . . 

 Digitus, or Finger. E. ... 



Drachma. G 



Hemina. E 



Jugerum. E 



Libra, or Pound, E. 



Mina * G 



Modius. E. [dry measure] 



Obolus, G 



Obolus. G, [weight] 

 Palmus, or Handbreadth. E 

 Passus, or Pace.f E 



...■§■ of a Sextarius, .1238 pint. 



...120 Pedes or Eoman feet. 



...48 Sextarii, 5 gall. 7,577 pints. 



...2£ farthings. Copper. 



...See "Libra." 



...•041 2 pint. 



... -1238 pint. 



...5.9471 pints. 



,..1 foot 6.2016 inches. 



...1 foot 5.4744 inches. 



...20 Amphorae, 118 gall. 7.546 pints. 



...tV of a Sextarius, .0825 pint. 



,..16 Asses, 8| pence. Silver. 



...52.5 to 60 grains. 



,..Yt of a Pes, .7281 inch. 



...'63 grains. 



..See " Semisextarius." 



..240 Pedes or Eoman feet by 120. 



...llf ounces 60.45 grains, avoird. 



...15 ounces 83.75 grains, avoird. 



..1 of an Amphora, 1 gall. 7.8576 



..1^.5 pence. Silver. [pints. 



..10.5 grains. 



..2.9214 inches. 



...5 Eoman feet, 4 ft. 10.248 inches. 



* In B. xn. c. 32— it is supposed by some that it is the Eoman Libra 

 that is meant, under the name of " Mina," as containing eighty-four 

 Denarii. If so, it must be the old Eoman Libra, as it is more generally 

 thought tbat the Libra of Pliny's time contained ninety-six Denarii, of 

 sixty grains, within a fraction. 



t One thousand Paces made a Eoman " Mille Passuum," or Mile, 

 1618 yards English. 



