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BOOK VII.
Since it is rarely found that gold, which has been coined, does not amount toat least fifteen duellae of gold in a bes, some make only twenty-eight needles, andsome make them different from those already described, inasmuch as thealloy of gold with silver and copper is sometimes differently proportioned.
These needles are made :—
Gold.
Silver.
Copper.
Duellae.
Duellae ^i ae Siliquae.
Duellae , " Situlae
ist of
15
6
1
8
2
£
2nd „
15
6
4
2
i£
3 rd „
15
5
£
3
i£
4th „
16
6
£
1
i£
5 th „
16
5
1
8
2
£
6th „
16
4
i£
8
3
7 th „
17
5
1
4
1
£
8th „
17
5
4
1
i£
9th „
17
4
1
4
2
£
ioth ,,
18
4
1
1
1
A
H
H
18
4
2
I2th ,,
18
3
1
2
z
13th „
19
3
*£
4
1
8
14th „
19
3
*
4
1
1
15th „
19
2
i£
4
2
16th „
20
3
1
17 th „
20
a
1
1
18th „
20
2
2
19th „
21
2
£
4
1
20th „
21
1
i£
4
1
2 ISt „
21
1
1
8
1
£
22nd „
22
1
1
8
£
4
23 rd „
22
1
1
1
24th „
22
1
£
4
1
8
25th „
23
i£
4
26th „
23
*£
£
27th „
23
1
8
£
28th „
pure gold
Next follows the fourth
kind
of needles,
by which we
test silver
4
8
4
4
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
4
which contain copper, or copper coins which contain silver. The bes bywhich we weigh the silver is divided in two different ways. It is eitherdivided twelve times, into units of five drachmae and one scripulum each,