XLVIII. An inquiry into the value of the ancient Greek and Roman money: By Matthew Raper, Esq; F. R. S
1771; Royal Society; Volume: 61; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1098/rstl.1771.0049
ISSN2053-9223
Tópico(s)Classical Antiquity Studies
ResumoThe first writers, who, after the revival of learning in Europe, made the Greek and Roman money an object of their inquiries, took great pains to collect and explain such passages in antient authors as related to it; but very little to discover its true value. In so much, that some of them have supposed the Roman aureus to have been heavier than the Greek philippic (1); and others, that the denarius was heaver than the Attic drachm; but most of them agreed in this, that the two last mentioned coins were exactly equal. All which opinions are proved to be erroneous by the coins themselves now in being.
Referência(s)