Definition

• The bronze basis of Sicily, cor- responding to the Roman Libra or Pound. It was also represented by a silver coin of three Hemioboli, and under the stand- ard of Tarentum, the one tenth of the Stater, weighing 0.87 grammes.

  The divisions of the Siculo-Italiote bronze Litra are the following in corre- sponding terms of the Roman As:

  Xt'-pot = As, or 12 ounces

  Sr/.w-f/uov = deunx, or 10 ounces

  T)[juXt-rpiov = semis, or 6 ounces

  ttsv-coyxiov = quincunx, or 5 ounces

  ? ztipaq = triens, or 4 ounces

  -piaq = quadra ns, or 3 ounces

  i~iq ?= sextans, or 2 ounces

  O'jyy.t'ot = uncia, or 1 ounce

  The multiples are the

  TCSVTY|y.ovxaXiTpov = 50 litrae

  SsvtaXtxpov = 10 litrae

  TtsvxaXixpov = 5 litrae

  Sc'Xtxpov = 2 litrae

  The majority of these were struck in bronze or silver, sometimes even in gold.

Source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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