The As or Æs was at first
the first Impress of it was a Janus
of a ship.
The As was by degrees diminished:
It fell to 2 ounces in the first
punic
War: afterwards when Hanibal invaded
Italy to one ounce then by the Papinian
were occasioned by the necessities
the common Wealth; but to be sure
the Plenty of silver and Gold would
haue done the same Thing, and
brought
down such an
brass Coine
The Sestertius was a silver Coin, never
a brass one is thee Quarter of a Denarius.
of the Nummus
The nummus and Sestertius are the
same: The Greek Drachma and the
Roman Denarius were thought equi
valent.
The Marks of the Sestertius are
Sestertium neutral or sestertia are
1000 Sastertij.
The Roman Process of Money Nu:
meration is.
Units 5 sertertii Thousands 5
Sertertium or Sestertia
Thousands of thousands,
thus expressed
by the Adverbs –
Times Sertertia, ie 1000 x
5000, or
5000000
A Jewish shekel it is thought shd
weigh 4 Drachma or ½ oz.
But We do not find any sheckels of
full Weight
2 English shillings ie
abt 185 gr
ie 7
The Primate of Irelands shekel
wieghed abt 2:5 of our money. ie
abt 208. gr
The shekel above weighs abt 1:d 1:g