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... sestertii - not altogether without excuse , as libral As and sestertius were constantly used interchangeably in later times . Gold is to silver as 8 to 1 : were Pliny right , it would be as 20 to 1. The higher rate is quite unparalleled ...
... sestertii - not altogether without excuse , as libral As and sestertius were constantly used interchangeably in later times . Gold is to silver as 8 to 1 : were Pliny right , it would be as 20 to 1. The higher rate is quite unparalleled ...
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... sestertius , and the Sicilian talent of 12 nummi is the equivalent of the small Syracusan talent of 3 denarii1 ( Festus in Hultsch , op . cit . , ii , p . 81 , no . 359a ) . Aristotle , in the ' Aкрaуαντívшν TOλÍTεiα quoted above ...
... sestertius , and the Sicilian talent of 12 nummi is the equivalent of the small Syracusan talent of 3 denarii1 ( Festus in Hultsch , op . cit . , ii , p . 81 , no . 359a ) . Aristotle , in the ' Aкрaуαντívшν TOλÍTεiα quoted above ...
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... sestertius . Where the smallest silver coin is meant , we find the libella , the tenth of the nummus ( cp . Pseudolus , v . 98 above and Captivi , vv . 947-8 : at ob eam rem mihi libellam pro eo argenti ne duis : gratiis a me ut sit ...
... sestertius . Where the smallest silver coin is meant , we find the libella , the tenth of the nummus ( cp . Pseudolus , v . 98 above and Captivi , vv . 947-8 : at ob eam rem mihi libellam pro eo argenti ne duis : gratiis a me ut sit ...
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