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BOOK VII. 



Since it is rarely found that gold, which has been coined, does not amount to 

 at least fifteen duellae of gold in a bes, some make only twenty -eight needles, and 

 some make them different from those already described, inasmuch as the 

 alloy of gold with silver and copper is sometimes differently proportioned. 



These needles are made : 

 Gold. 



Silver. 



The ist of 

 2nd 



,, 3rd 



4th 

 5th 

 6th 



7th 



8th 

 9th 



loth 



nth 



I2th 



I4th 



i6th 



i8th 



igth 



2Oth 



2ISt 



22nd 



23rd 



24th 



25th 



26th 



27th 



28th 



Duellae. 



15 

 15 

 15 



16 

 16 

 16 



17 

 17 

 17 



18 

 18 

 18 



19 

 19 



19 



20 

 20 

 20 



21 

 21 

 21 



22 



22 

 22 



23 

 23 

 23 



pure gold 



Copper. 



Duellae j~ Stiiquae. 



2 



2 



3 



I 



2 



3 



I 

 I 



2 



I 

 2 

 2 



I 

 I 



I 

 I 

 2 



I 

 I 



8 



i 



4 



i 



8 



4 



8 



4 

 4 



8 

 8 

 8 



8 

 8 



8 

 8 

 4 



8 

 4 



Next follows the fourth kind of needles, by which we test silver coins 

 which contain copper, or copper coins which contain silver. The bes by 

 which we weigh the silver is divided in two different ways. It is either 

 divided twelve times, into units of five drachmae and one scripulum each, 



