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didrachmon twenty obols.” But that the didrachmon is a fourth of an ounce, we have already shown. Chalkoi. The Egyptians invented these. But they are stamped silver coins, which is why among Alexandrians the silver coins are called chalkina. And the chalkous by weight is an eighth of an ounce, like the drachma. Mina, which in Hebrew is called mnemē. The Italic mina is forty staters, which is 20 ounces, one litra and two-thirds. And many types of silver coins have come into being at various times. The noumion was stamped from a certain Numa who was king of the Romans. The ancients called the dichryson half of the argyros. And this argyros is what the Romans call a miliaresion, which is interpreted as a soldier's gift. And this dichryson was also a silver coin; which later was called kibdelon (counterfeit) because the king of that time was killed and his image was removed from the dichryson, which was borne on it. For from then on, wherever one was found bearing the image of the slain king, it was named kibdelos, that is, unapproved. Follis, which is also called a balantion (purse). And it is a double, composed of two argyroi, which are 208 denarii. And a follis is two lepta according to the denarius-reckoning, but not according to the argyros-reckoning. Maris is a measure among the Pontics of two hydriae. And their hydria is ten xestai, so that the kypros is twenty Alexandrian xestai. Kypros among the same Pontics is a measure of dry goods, two modioi, which is said to be among them five choinikes. And the choinix among them is five xestai, so that the kypros is 20 xestai. For the great modios among them is 24 xestai. Kollathon is among the Syrians half of the liquid saton. And it is 25 xestai. Congiarium is a liquid measure, and this is also pronounced among the Hebrews; this is the measure indicated in the chronographies of Eusebius and the other chronographers, as each of the kings of that time out of ambition would bestow on the Roman people for their delight, which is interpreted as joined together or twisted together.

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δίδραγμον εἴκοσι ὀβολοί». Ὅτι δὲ τέταρτόν ἐστι τῆς οὐγγίας τὸ δίδραγμον ἤδη ἐδείξαμεν. Χαλκοῖ. Τούτους οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι ἐφεύραντο. Ἀργύρια δέ ἐστι τετυπωμένα, διὸ παρὰ Ἀλεξανδρεῦσι τὰ ἀργύρια χάλκινα καλεῖται. Ἔστι δὲ ὁ χαλκοῦς τῷ σταθμῷ ὄγδοον οὐγγίας, ὡς ἡ δραγμή. Μνᾶς, ἥτις τῇ ἑβραΐδι μνήμη καλεῖται. Ἡ δὲ Ἰταλικὴ μνᾶς τεσσαράκοντα στατήρων ἐστίν, ὅπερ ἐστὶν οὐγγιῶν κʹ, λίτρας μιᾶς καὶ διμοίρου. Ἀργυρίων δὲ πολλοὶ τύποι κατὰ καιροὺς γεγόνασι. Τὸ δὲ νουμίον τετύπωται ἀπὸ Νουμᾶ τινὸς βασιλεύσαντος τῶν Ῥωμαίων. ∆ίχρυσον δὲ ἐκάλουν οἱ παλαιοὶ τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ ἀργύρου. Τὸ δὲ ἄργυρον τοῦτό ἐστιν, ὃ οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι μιλιαρίσιον καλοῦσιν, ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται στρατιωτικὸν δόμα. Τὸ δὲ δίχρυσον καὶ τοῦτο ἀργύριον ἦν· ὅπερ ὕστερον κίβδηλον ἐκλήθη ἐξ αἰτίας τοῦ ἀναιρεθῆναι τὸν κατὰ καιρὸν βασιλέα καὶ ἐκβληθῆναι τὸν αὐτοῦ χαρακτῆρα ἐκ τοῦ διχρύσου, ὃς ἦν αὐτῷ ἐμφερόμενος. Ἔκτοτε γὰρ ἔνθα ἂν εὑρέθη τὴν τοῦ ἀναιρεθέντος βασιλέως φέρων εἰκόνα, κίβδηλος ὠνομάζετο, ἤγουν ἀδόκιμος. Φόλης, ὃ καὶ βαλάντιον καλεῖται. ∆ιπλοῦν δέ ἐστιν ὑπὸ δύο ἀργύρων συγκείμενον, οἳ γίνονται σηʹ δηνάρια. Καὶ φόλης δύο λεπτὰ κατὰ τὸν δηναρισμόν, ἀλλ' οὐ κατὰ τὸν ἀργυρισμόν. Μάρης μέτρον ἐστὶ παρὰ Ποντικοῖς δύο ὑδριῶν. Ἡ δὲ ὑδρία αὐτοῖς δέκα ξεστῶν ἐστιν, ὥστε εἶναι τὸν κύπρον εἴκοσι ξεστῶν Ἀλεξανδρινῶν. Κύπρος παρὰ τοῖς αὐτοῖς Ποντικοῖς μέτρον ἐστὶ ξηρῶν γεννημάτων, μόδιοι δύο, ὃ λέγεται εἶναι παρ' αὐτοῖς χοινίκων πέντε. Ὁ δὲ χοῖνιξ παρ' αὐτοῖς ξεστῶν ἐστι πέντε, ὥστε εἶναι τὸν κύπρον ξεστῶν κʹ. Ὁ γὰρ μέγας παρ' αὐτοῖς μόδιος ξεστῶν κδʹ. Κόλλαθον ἐστὶ παρὰ τοῖς Σύροις τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ ὑγροῦ σάτου. Ἐστὶ δὲ ξεστῶν κεʹ. Κογγιάριον δὲ μέτρον ἐστὶν ὑγροῦ, καὶ αὐτὸ παρ' Ἑβραίοις ἐκφωνούμενον· τοῦτο τὸ μέτρον ἐστὶν ἐν χρονογραφίαις Εὐσεβίου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων χρονογράφων δηλούμενον, ὡς ἕκαστος τῶν τότε βασιλέων κατὰ φιλοτιμίαν τῷ δήμῳ Ῥωμαίων πρὸς εὐφρασίαν ἐχαρίζοντο, ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται συνημμένον ἢ συνεστραμμένον.