Litra 上市 Deposited
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.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)