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and three different fums, of 8, 4, and 2 pound of 
gold, were each c'alled a Follis (2,). 
The Glofibgrapher laff quoted makes 9 Nummi 
equal to | of a Siliqua ; for multiplied by I2j’, is 
2 i 8|, which he calls 218 Siliquas, and 9 nummi-. 
Therefore 12 nummi were equal to a Siliqua; but 
the fcholiaft on the Bafilics makes 12 Folks equal to 
a Siliqua; confequently, this Nummus and the fcho- 
liaffs Follis are the fame. 
The Scholiaft tells us, the Miliarenfis was equal to 
24 Folles of copper, therefore the Ounce of lilver 
containing 5 Miliarenfes of 60 in the pound, was 
worth 120 fuch Folles. 
The Gloffographer, defcribing a Follis of 250 
Denarii, fays, it was equal to 312 Pounds, 6 Ounces 
of copper (3). The Denarius of that age was the 
eighth part of an Ounce, therefore an Ounce of lilver 
muff have been worth 120 Ounces of copper. 
But according to the Scholiaft, the Ounce of lilver 
was worth fo many Folles ; therefore the Scholiaft s 
Follis was an Ounce of copper. And this Follis being 
equal to the Gloffographer s Nummus, that Nummus 
was likewife an Ounce of copper. 
By a Refcript of Arcadius and Honorius in the 
Theodolian Code, the treafury was impowered to 
(2) See the Gloflae nomicae, quoted by Gronovius near the 
end of c. 16. of L. IV. 
(3) ifiy Xsyo[ACv:^ xai 
ibjjoipio, ^KUKocnoi T^T esi xU^xg riS'j x«l nyfiecg ug 
£xaV« olwotplx XiTpocv d iyfUg y. Gloflce nomicae, 
apud Gronov. L. IV. c. 16. 
receive. 
