-
produced during the
Roman Republic.
Valued at two
thirds of an as (eight
unciae), it was only
produced in 126 BC by C. C****ius in
combination with the dodrans...
- one-third of an as (4
unciae). The most
common design for the
triens featured the bust of
Minerva and four
pellets (indicating four
unciae) on the
obverse and...
- "Five-ounce" (quinque
unciae → quincunx) 6⁄12 = 1⁄2 S Semis,
semissis "Half" 7⁄12 S· Septunx,
septuncis "Seven-ounce" (septem
unciae → septunx) 8⁄12 = 2⁄3...
- The
quadrans (lit. 'a quarter') or
teruncius (lit. 'three
unciae') was a low-value
Roman bronze coin
worth one
quarter of an as. The
quadrans was issued...
- coin
produced during the
Roman Republic valued at one-sixth of an as (2
unciae). An as was
roughly 324
grams in weight, thus
leaving the ****tans at about...
- (libra), or
twelve Roman ounces (
unciae). This
changed when the
weight of the aes
grave was
decreased to
approximately 10
unciae (the "light
libral standard")...
- The
uncia (plural:
unciae, lit. "a twelfth") was a
Roman unit of length, weight, and volume. It
survived as the
Byzantine liquid ounce (Ancient Gr****:...
- 'S' (indicating semis) or 6 dots (indicating a
theoretical weight of 6
unciae). Some of the
coins featured a bust of
Saturn on the obverse, and the prow...
-
generally indicated by signs: I for the as, S for
semis and
pellets for
unciae.
Standard weights for the as were 272, 327, or 341 grams,
depending upon...
-
aggregated by twelfths. Thus the
Roman pound ('libra'),
consisted of 12
ounces (
unciae) (1
uncia = 28 grams). A
measure of volume, congius,
consisted of 12 heminae...
