A Discourse of the Romane Foot, and Denarius:: From Whence, as from Two Principles, the Measures, and Weights, Used by the Ancients, May be Deduced |
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affes affigned Agricola almoſt alſo ancient anſwerable Appii forum argentei aſſes Attick drachme aurei aureus becauſe beſt braſſe Cafars Cleopatra coins Congius conſequence contains decem dena denarius denarius Confularis deſcribed digits diſcover diſtance drachma Attica elſe Emperours Engliſh foot equall errour eſſe expreſſe extrinfeck fame Fannius feet fides filver firſt folidi fome fore fuch fure gold grains Greeks hath Hebrew Hefychius infra CONOB inſcription intrinfeck Julius Pollux leſſe libra litle meaſures mony moſt muſt narius nummus obſerved ounce paſſed Patus pede peruſed Pliny Plutarch Pollux pondus preciſely proportion quatuor quinarius quod reaſon reſpect Romane foot Romane pound Rome ſame ſay ſecond ſee ſeen ſemiſſes ſeverall ſhall ſhekel ſhew ſhould ſide ſince Snellius ſome ſometimes ſpeak ſtamped ſuch Suidas ſuppoſe Tarracina tetradrachme theſe thoſe uncia uſed valuation Vefpafian Villalpandus Vitruvius vvas vvith vwhich weight whence δὲ κὶ νόμισμα τὸ