lb.oz.dwt.gr.
The Mina Ægyptiaca
Antiochica
Cleopatræ Ptolemaica
Alexandrina Dioscoridis		 Consists
of Attic
drachmæ		133⅓ Equivalent
to English
troy
weight		  1 5 62226⁄49
133⅓  1 5 62226⁄49
144  1 6141632⁄49
160  1 816 741⁄49
The Talentum
Ægyptiacum
Antiochicum
Ptolemaicum Cleop.
Alexandriæ
Insulanum
Antiochiæ		 Consists
of
Atticminæ		 80 Equivalent
to
English
troy
weight		 86 816 8
 80 86 816 8
 86⅔ 931111 0
 96104 01914
120130 1 412
360390 31311
THE VALUE AND PROPORTION OF THE GRECIAN COINS.
£s.d.q.
Lepton000031⁄336
   7Chalcus000031⁄48
  14  2Dichalcus00017⁄24
  28  4  2Hemiobolus00027⁄12
  56  8  4 2Obolus0011⅙
 112 16  8 4 2Diobolus0022⅓
 224 32 16 8 4 2Tetrobolus0050⅔
 336 48 2412 6 31½Drachma0073
 662 96 482412 632Didrachmon0132
1324112 96482412642Tetradrachmon0270
16603841206030157½52½1¼Pentadrachmon0323

N.B. The drachma, and the didrachmon, were silver, the others generally of brass. The tridrachmon, triobolus, &c., were sometimes coined. The drachma and the denarius are here supposed to be equal, though often the former exceeded in weight.

The gold coin among the Greeks was the stater aureus, which weighed two Attic drachmæ, or half the stater argenteus, and was worth 25 Attic drachmæ, of silver, or in

£s.d.
English money0161¾
Or according to the proportion of gold to silver, at present1 09
The Stater Cyzicenus exchanged for 28 Attic drachmæ, or0181
The Stater Philippi and Stater Alexandri were of the same value.
The Stater Daricus, according to Josephus, was worth 50 Attic drachmæ, or1123½
The Stater Cræsi was of the same value.
THE VALUE AND PROPORTION OF THE ROMAN COINS.
£s.d.q.
Terentius0000775⁄1000
 2Sembella000111⁄20
 4 2Libella, or As00031⁄10
10 5 2½Sestertius0013¾
2010 52Quinarius, or Victoriatus0033½
40201042Denarius0073

N.B. The denarius, victoriatus, sestertius, and sometimes the as, were of silver, the others were of brass. The triens, sextans, uncia, sextula, and dupondius, were sometimes coined of brass.