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Mr. Du ane hath a filver coin, of cither the firfl: or 
fecond Alexander, which weighs 447I grains ; three 
of Philip, of 22 I each ; another of Philip, of 223 + ; 
and a fifth, 223 The mean Drachm from thefe 
fix coins is 1 1 1 ^ grains, wliich comes as near to the 
Eginean drachm, as can be expe6ted from fo fmall a 
number of filver coins. Therefore, the Eginean 
Talent mufi: have been the fiandard of the Macedonian 
money, till Philip changed it. 
It appears likewife to have been the fiandard of 
the Ptolemaic money in Eygpt.. Mr. Duane hath a- 
gold coin of the Ptolemies, like c. i. T. III. of the 
Pembroke collection, weighing nearly 27! grains;, 
Mr. Stuart another, weighing fuppofing each 
was a quarterof the Drachm; the former will give it 
almoll 110 grains, the latter' io8-| ; but they are 
both a little worn. Mr. Duane hath a gold coin of 
Arlince, like c. 3. T. III. of the Pembroke col- 
lection, which weighs 430 grains; and Dr. Hunter 
hath another of the fame weight, vyhich give a 
Drachm of 107-J grains. Dr. Hunter hath likewife 
a perfect filver coin of one of the Ptolemies, weigh- 
ing 221 grains, another of 220, and a third of 109H 
but the two laft are a little worn. ‘ The Ptolemaic 
gold coins in the Pembroke collection give the 
Drachm from 107 to 108 grains. As the piece of 
221 grains wants but half a grain in the Drachm of 
the Eginean ftandard, and that of 107 but four 
grains, we may fairly conclude that Talent to have 
been the money ftandard of the Ptolemies. And not 
only fo, but that it was originally Egyptian. For 
what ftiould inducePtolerny, to relincjuilh the ftandard 
cftabliftied by Alexander, and ufcd all over Afia and 
the 
