Note 13 — Chapter II
Reading edition
By gold piece I mean a dīnār, a coin about the size of a half-sovereign, which then weighed 63 grains on the average, and was of nearly pure gold.
Reading edition
By gold piece I mean a dīnār, a coin about the size of a half-sovereign, which then weighed 63 grains on the average, and was of nearly pure gold.