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agreeing together, determined the antlent Pound to 
contain ii ounces, lo fcruples, modern Roman 
Weight (8). But where he gives the weight of 
Vefpaiian s Congius (9), he makes ten antient Roman 
Pounds to weigh ^ pounds 6 ounces 10 fcr. 10 gr. 
modern weight. The modern Roman ounce con- 
tains, like the antient, 24 fcruples, the fcruple 24 
grains. ^ Therefore, according to this determination, 
the antient Roman Pound Ihould weigh 1 1 ounces, 
10 fcr. 154 gi*. modern weight, which is equal to 
50124. Troy grains, if the exaa weight of the mo- 
dern Roman ounce be 438 Troy grains, as Greaves 
reckons it. Bi*t Paetus ufed a Reelyard, which is a 
very fallacious inftrument. 
Gruter hath exhibited a confiderable number of 
ancient Roman weights(i). Such of marble, from 
I to I o pounds, as were intire, have neither mark 
nor infcripiion. His two heavieR weigh p pounds 
8 ounces each, modern Roman weight, which give 
an antient Pound of 5081 Troy grains. Such of the 
reR as are fuppofed to be intire, make it under 5000. 
His lefler weights vary confiderably. The Triens of 
RuRicus gives a pound of 5092 Troy grains ; his 
Sextans one of 5246. Among the brafs weights are 
twoinfcribed AD. A VG VST. TEMP. C.P. One of 
five Pounds, weighing 5 pounds 2| ounces, makes 
the ancient Pound equal to 5475 Troy grains ; the 
other is a Triens, and weighs 3 ounces, 19 fcr. 4 gr. 
which gives 4992 Troy grains for the Roman 
Pound. 
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(8) Thef. Antiq. Roman. Vol. XI. col, 1619. 
(9) Ibid. col. 1635. 
(1} Gruter’s Infcriptions, p. ccxxl. 
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