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bes I, septunx -17g, ASAFETIDA 713 semis a, quincunx- , triens a, quadrans 4f sextanss,sescuncia8i uncia 3&. As really denoted any integer or whole; whence the See also:

ENGLISH

English word " See also:

ACE (derived through the Lat. as, from the Tarentine form of the Gr. etc)

ace." The unit or as of weight was the See also:

LIBRA (" THE BALANCE ")

libra (See also:

pound: =about 11 oz. See also:

AVOIRDUPOIS

avoirdupois); of length, pes (See also:

FOOT

foot: =about 11 in.); of See also:

SURFACE

surface, jugerum (=about See also:

acre); of measure, liquid See also:

AMPHORA (a Latin word from Gr. aµdopeus, derived from awl* on both sides, and OpeLv, to bear)

amphora (about 51 gal.), dry modius (about 14 See also:

PECK

peck). In the same way as signified a whole See also:

INHERITANCE

inheritance; whence heres ex asse, the See also:

HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir to the whole See also:

ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate, heres ex semisse, heir to See also:

HALF

half the estate. It was also used in the calculation of rates of See also:

INTEREST

interest. As was also the name of a Roman See also:

coin, which was of different weight and value at different periods (see See also:

NUMISMATICS, § Roman). The first introduction of coined See also:

MONEY

money is ascribed to Servius Tullius.

The old as was composed of the mixed See also:

metal aes, an alloy of See also:

COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper, See also:

TIN (Lat.- stannum, whence the chemical symbol " Sn "; atomic weight =117.6, 0=16)

tin and See also:

lead, and was called as libralis, because it nominally weighed 1 lb or 12 ounces (actually so). Its See also:

ORIGINAL

original shape seems to have been an irregular oblong See also:

bar, which was stamped with the figure of a sheep, ox or sow. This, as well as the word See also:

PETUNIA

petunia for money (pecus, See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle), indicates the fact of cattle having been the earliest See also:

ITALIAN

Italian See also:

MEDIUM

medium of See also:

EXCHANGE

exchange. The value was indicated by little points or globules, or other marks. After the See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round shape was introduced, the one See also:

side was always inscribed with the figure of a See also:

SHIP

ship's See also:

PROW

prow, and the other with the See also:

double See also:

head of See also:

JANUS

Janus. The subdivisions of the as had also the ship's prow on one side, and on the other the head of some deity. The First Punic See also:

War having exhausted the See also:

TREASURY

treasury, the as was reduced to 2 oz. In the Second Punic War it was again reduced to half this weight, viz. to oz. And lastly, by the Papirian See also:

law (89 s.C.) it was further reduced to the diminutive weight of half an ounce. It appears to have been still more reduced under Octavian, See also:

LEPIDUS

Lepidus and Antony, when its value was a of an ounce. Before See also:

SILVER

silver coinage was introduced (269 B.C.) the value of the as was about 6d., in the See also:

time of See also:

CICERO

Cicero less than a See also:

HALFPENNY, WILLIAM

halfpenny. In the time of the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

Severus it was again lowered to about - of an ounce.

During the See also:

COMMONWEALTH

commonwealth and See also:

EMPIRE

empire aes See also:

GRAVE

grave was used to denote the old as in contradistinction to the existing depreciated coin; while aes See also:

RUDE, FRANCOIS (1784–1855)

rude was applied to the original oblong coinage of See also:

PRIMITIVE

primitive times.

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