Definition

• The twelfth part of the As. It bears on the obverse the head of Mars, and on the reverse the prow of a galley. On each side is one boss to indicate its weight of one ounce.

  A smaller coin, the Semi-Uncia, was of one half the weight and value. See Aes Grave.

Source

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

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