Note 181 — LACONIC APOPHTHEGMS; OR REMARKABLE SAYINGS OF THE SPARTANS.
Reading edition
According to Plutarch, the Spartan iron coin weighed an Aeginetan mina (about 1-1/2 lbs. avoir.), and was of the value of four chalci (or 3-1/4 farthings, about 1-1/2 cents). (G.)