STATER OP PHILIP OF MACEDON. -gj 



Fourteen staters of Philip are preserved in the rich cabinet Fourteen in 

 of the Fiorence gallery. Eleven resemble that of Arrezzo lanJ^" 06 

 on both sides, but they have different mint-marks ; one 

 only having the same as that found near Arrezzo. The Their weight. 

 •weight of two of these staters, perfectly resembling each 

 other in external appearance, is precisely 1?6 Florence 

 grains [133*6 grs Eng.] This is precisely the weight of 

 another stater, the mint-mark of which is formed by a large 

 K, and a small o ; of one that has a thunderbolt ; one with 

 a vase; and one with an ear of corn, the mark of the Leou- 

 tiui. This being the weight of the six largest staters that 

 have come down to us, there is reason to presume, that it 

 was the weight prescribed for this Greek coin*. Hence it Weight of the 

 may be inferred, that the drachma was equivalent to 88 rac ,ma * 

 Flor. grs. [66*8 grs E.]. (De Rome-de-Lisle gives 4*461 

 gr. [68*£) grs] for the great attic drachm, that is to say, 

 about 2 grs more.) A proof of the justness of this weight is 

 the attic hemidrachma, or Asiatic drachma, or fourth part Attic hemi- 

 of the stater of Philip, which is also preserved in the same 

 gallery, and weighs precisely 44 grs. [33*4 grs E.]. The 

 obverse of this small piece of gold bears the head of Her- 

 cules covered with the lion's skin. On the reverse are the Weights of 5 

 bow, vase, and club. The learned and illustrious professor . stater ^ ,n the 

 A. L. Millin has sent me the weights of five Philippi in the library, 

 imperial library; which are as follows. No. 1, l60*5grs; 

 2, l6l grs very exactly : 3, l6l grs: 4, 1 6 C 2 grs very ex- 

 actly : 5, 162 grs. The two heaviest, which differ by an 

 unassignable fraction, are so because they are least worn. 

 The heaviest answers to 175*16 Flor. grs., and is therefore 

 0*84 of a grain lighter than ours; which therefore may be 

 considered as less worn, and more accurate. 



Greaves weighed two staters of Alexander, one of which Staters weigh- 

 was 133 grs English, the other 133*5. He supposed, that ed by Greaves » 

 the half grain had been lost by wear ; and he concluded, 

 that the drachma should be estimated at 67 grs precisely. 

 The second weight given by Greaves is equivalent to 87*6 

 Flor. grs, Snellius found the stater of Philip, and pf and by Snfji 

 Alexander, to weigh 179 Dutch grs, equivalent to 124*5 



3* Np heavier stater is known to exist. 



Eng,; 



