School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . ATTIC DRACHMA. The Attic standard prevailed most inthe maritime and commercial states. Itwas the standard of Philips gold, and wasintroduced by Alexander for silver Aeginetan standard appears to havebeen the prevalent one in early times : weare told that money was first coined atAegina by order of Pheidon at Argos. Inlater times the Aeginetan standard was usedin almost all the states of the Peloponnesus,except Corinth. The average value of theAeginetan drachma was Is. l^d. in ourmoney ; and the values of tlK different coinsof this sta
School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . ATTIC DRACHMA. The Attic standard prevailed most inthe maritime and commercial states. Itwas the standard of Philips gold, and wasintroduced by Alexander for silver Aeginetan standard appears to havebeen the prevalent one in early times : weare told that money was first coined atAegina by order of Pheidon at Argos. Inlater times the Aeginetan standard was usedin almost all the states of the Peloponnesus,except Corinth. The average value of theAeginetan drachma was Is. l^d. in ourmoney ; and the values of tlK different coinsof this standard are as follow :— » ObolObol - -Diobolus -Triobolus -Drachma -Didrachm ShiU. Pence. 1 2 4 6 1 1 2 3 Farth. 0-583 1-166 2-33 2-5 3 2. AEGINBTAil ORAOHMA. As the Romans reckoned in sesterces, sothe Greeks generally reckoned by drachmae; ECCLESIA. and when a sum is mentioned in the Atticwriters, without any specification of theunit, drachmae are usually meant. DRAUGHTS,gameat. [Latrunculi.] DRUM. [Tympanum.] DUCENARII. 1. The name given tothe Roman procuratores, who received asalary of 200 sestertia. The procuratoresfirst received a salary in the time ofAugustus. 2. A class or decuria of judices, firstestablished by Augustus. They were socalled because their property, as valued inthe census, only amounted to 200 appear to have tried causes of smallimportance. DUCENTESIMA was a tax of halfper cent, upon all things sold at publicauctions. The centesima, or tax of oneper cent., was first established by Augustus,and was reduced to half per cent, by Ti-berius. DUPONDIUS. [As.] DUUM VIRI, or the two men, the nam^of various magistrates and functionaries atRome, and in the coloniae and Duumviri Juk
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