A dictionary of Greek and Roman . BRITISH MUSEUM. ACTUAL SIZE. WEIGHT606 BRITISH MUSEUM. ACTUAL SIZE. WEIGHT58*5 GRAINS. the as), the sembella or half libella, and the terun-cius or quarter libella. The quinarius was also called victoriatus ( Font. 5), from the impression of a figure ofVictory which it bore. Pliny { xxxiii. 13)says that victoriati were first coined at Rome inpursuance of the lex Clodia ; and that previous tothat time, they were imported as an article of tradefrom Illyria. The Clodius, who proposed this law,is supposed to have been the person w
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . BRITISH MUSEUM. ACTUAL SIZE. WEIGHT606 BRITISH MUSEUM. ACTUAL SIZE. WEIGHT58*5 GRAINS. the as), the sembella or half libella, and the terun-cius or quarter libella. The quinarius was also called victoriatus ( Font. 5), from the impression of a figure ofVictory which it bore. Pliny { xxxiii. 13)says that victoriati were first coined at Rome inpursuance of the lex Clodia ; and that previous tothat time, they were imported as an article of tradefrom Illyria. The Clodius, who proposed this law,is supposed to have been the person who obtaineda triumph for his victories in Istria, whence hebrought home a large sum of money (Liv. xli. 13);which would fix the first coinage of the victoriatiat Rome, B. c. 177 ; that is, 92 years after the firstsilver coinage. If the denarius weighed 60 grains, the terunciuswould only have weighed l^ gr. ; which wouldhave been so small a coin, that some have doubtedwhether it was ever coined in silver ; for weknow that it was coined in copper. [As.] ButVarro {De Ling. Lat. v. 174, ed. Mii
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