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especially sheep and cat He, wore used as basis of exchange in ancient limes. In Homer oxen are frequently mentioned as the commodity by which other things were valued. The armor of Diomedes was said to be worth nine oxen, while that of G-laucus was valued at a hundred. Iliad (vi). In the same work it is stated that the first prize given to the wrestlers at the Grecian games was worth twelve oxen. See Kugildi
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)